Converse station
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Converse Depot, January 2011 | |||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1912 | ||||||||||
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Converse Depot | |||||||||||
| Location | 203 E. Railroad St., Converse, Indiana | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°34′49″N 85°52′14″W / 40.58028°N 85.87056°W | ||||||||||
| Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||
| Built | 1912 | ||||||||||
| Architect | Price and McLanahan | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman | ||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 95000205[1] | ||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | March 3, 1995 | ||||||||||
Converse, also known as the Pennsylvania RR Depot, is a historic train station located at Converse, Miami County, Indiana. It was built in 1912, as a 1+1⁄2-story, brick building in the Bungalow / American Craftsman style. It is surrounded by a deep pent roof canopy on three sides. Above the pent roof canopy is a broad stuccoed gable. It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad and remained in use into the 1950s.[2]: 5
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 as the Converse Depot.[1]
References
- ^ 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 May 1, 2016. Note: This includes Scott D. Lee and Paul C. Diebold (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Converse Depot" (PDF). Retrieved May 1, 2016. and Accompanying photographs.