Morristown station (Indiana)
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Junction Railroad Depot | |
 Junction Railroad Depot, October 2011 | |
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| Location | U.S. 52, Morristown, Indiana |
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| Coordinates | 39°40′27″N 85°42′9″W / 39.67417°N 85.70250°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1867–1868 |
| Architect | Johnson, Samuel McGrew |
| NRHP reference No. | 79000044[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 14, 1979 |
Morristown station is a historic train station located at Morristown, Shelby County, Indiana. It was built in 1867–1868 by the Junction Railroad, and is a simple one-story, rectangular, building of pinned beam construction. It has a gable roof that extends to shelter a loading platform for 30 feet (9.1 m). The building served as both a grain elevator and train depot. It was moved to its present site in 1976 to prevent it from demolition.[2]: 2
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 as the Junction Railroad Depot.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-07-01. Note: This includes David W. White (February 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Junction Railroad Depot" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs
Categories:
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1868
- Former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stations
- National Register of Historic Places in Shelby County, Indiana
- Transportation buildings and structures in Shelby County, Indiana
- Central Indiana Registered Historic Place stubs