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(Redirected from Lafayette, Indiana (Amtrak station)) Railway station in Lafayette, Indiana, US
Lafayette, IN
Lafayette's historic Amtrak station was originally a "Big Four" Depot.
General information
Location200 North 2nd Street
Lafayette, Indiana
United States
Owned byCity of Lafayette
Line(s)CSX Lafayette Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks3
ConnectionsBus transport CityBus
Construction
ParkingYes
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: LAF
History
Opened1902
Rebuilt1994
Passengers
FY 20235,908 (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Rensselaertoward Chicago Cardinal Crawfordsvilletoward New York
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Rensselaertoward Chicago Hoosier State1994–2019 Crawfordsvilletoward Indianapolis
Kentucky Cardinal Crawfordsvilletoward Louisville
Kankakee (Penn Central)toward Chicago James Whitcomb Riley and George Washington1971–1974 Indianapolistoward Washington, D.C. or Newport News
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Templetontoward Chicago Chicago – Cincinnati Cranetoward Cincinnati
Former services at Lahr Hotel
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Rensselaertoward Chicago Cardinal1986–1994 Crawfordsvilletoward New York
Hoosier State1980–1994 Crawfordsvilletoward Indianapolis
ChicagoTerminus Floridian1975–1979 Bloomingtontoward St. Petersburg or Miami
Big Four Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
c. 1910 Big Four Depot
Coordinates40°25′7″N 86°53′44″W / 40.41861°N 86.89556°W / 40.41861; -86.89556
Area8 acres (3 ha)
ArchitectBuckeye Chum Company
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.03000548
Added to NRHPJune 22, 2003

Lafayette station is an Amtrak station in Lafayette, Indiana, served by the Cardinal. The current station facility was established in 1994. The Amtrak train previously stopped in the middle of the city's 5th Street, near the former Monon Railroad depot. The station building was moved to its current location from the southeast corner of 2nd and South streets in September 1994. It is a Romanesque Revival style depot built in 1902 by the Lake Erie and Western Railroad and Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, as the Big Four Depot. The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Significance

The building is an example of early twentieth century commercial architecture. It is one of two such structures in Indiana. It became part of the New York Central System, serving passengers through Lafayette between Cincinnati and Chicago. Lafayette was a major stop on this main artery of transportation for the NYC. Several trains operated through the station in earlier years of Amtrak, examples being the Floridian, James Whitcomb Riley and the Kentucky Cardinal.

References

  1. "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: State of Indiana" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. "欢|迎|您|正|加|载". www.urbanindiana.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
  4. "J&C FLASHBACK: Moving the Big Four Depot, 1994". Journal & Courier. September 16, 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  5. "Dynamic Depot Maps – Indiana".
  6. "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 Laura Thayer (September 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Big Four Depot" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-01. and Accompanying photographs
  7. Library of Congress, AmericanMemory.LOC.GOV; HABS IND,79-LAFY,3-; Survey number HABS IN-257

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See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Tippecanoe County, Indiana and List of National Historic Landmarks in Indiana
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