Spring Street Freight House

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Spring Street Freight House is a historic freight house located at Jeffersonville, Indiana. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in May 2007, after being nominated by the Indiana Department of Transportation. It is one of the few railhouses built in the 1920s still standing.

It was built by Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (CCC & St. L RR), also known as the Big Four, around 1925. It was built Craftsman-style, and is <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1+1⁄2 stories high. Its foundation and walls are made of wood, and the roof is asphalt shingles. It includes a brick chimney. The property upon which the freight house is upon covers Script error: No such module "convert"..[1][2]Template:Rp

After the railroad abandoned it in 1963, R.A. Alms & Sons Feed Wholesalers used it from 1970 to 1975. In the 1980s a cable company used it. It is currently unused, but the Ohio River Bridges Project had plans to restore it in 2008 and turn it into its headquarters; as of August 2009 nothing, no renovation had been performed.[3]

The State of Indiana and Indiana Department of Transportation completed an extensive rehabilitation of the building in 2012.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

It was placed on the Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures and the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 2007.[4]

Gallery

Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

See also

  • Big Four Bridge – Another Big Four property that still remains in Jeffersonville

Template:Adjacent stations

References

Citations

<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />

  1. ↑ Branigan Sec.7, p.1
  2. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Note: This includes Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". and Accompanying photographs.
  3. ↑ Branigan Sec.8, p.11
  4. ↑ Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".

Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Sources

Template:Sister project Template:National Register of Historic Places in Indiana


Template:ClarkCountyIN-NRHP-stub Template:LouisvilleMSA-stub

Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Spring_Street_Freight_House&oldid=5194462"