Decatur, IL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Former Wabash Railroad and Amtrak passenger rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
&sq=Bangladesh&lang=en&file=File:Wabash_Railroad_Station_and_Railway_Express_Agency.JPG) Decatur station in August 2006. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 780 East Cerro Gordo Street, Decatur, Illinois 62523 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 1, 1981 (Amtrak)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | May 1, 1971 (Norfolk and Western)[2] July 10, 1983 (Amtrak)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wabash Railroad Station and Railway Express Agency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 780 E. Cerro Gordo St., Decatur, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°50′50″N 88°56′47″W / 39.84722°N 88.94639°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Built by | Menke, Edward H. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Link, Theodore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Classical Revival | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 94000029[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | February 4, 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Decatur station, also known as the Wabash Railroad Station and Railway Express Agency, is a historic railway station located at 780 East Cerro Gordo Street in Decatur, Illinois. Built in 1901, the station served trains on the Wabash Railroad, the most economically significant railroad through Decatur. Architect Theodore Link designed the Classical Revival building. Service to the station ended in the 1980s, and it has since been listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- ^ Sampson, Bob (July 2, 1981). "Passenger Train Returns to Decatur". Herald and Review. Decatur, Illinois. p. 1. Retrieved February 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Krejcu, Emil (July 15, 1981). "Amtrak Begins Decatur Service". Cicero Life. p. 9. Retrieved February 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Taylor, Ron. "Amtrak Ends Run". The Herald and Review. Decatur, Illinois. p. 3. Retrieved February 12, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.