Converse Depot

Converse Depot

Converse Depot, January 2011
Location 203 E. Railroad St., Converse, Indiana
Coordinates 40°34′49″N 85°52′14″W / 40.58028°N 85.87056°W / 40.58028; -85.87056Coordinates: 40°34′49″N 85°52′14″W / 40.58028°N 85.87056°W / 40.58028; -85.87056
Area less than one acre
Built 1912 (1912)
Architect Price and McLanahan
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP Reference # 95000205[1]
Added to NRHP March 3, 1995

Converse Depot, 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.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Scott D. Lee and Paul C. Diebold (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Converse Depot" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.


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