Big Four Depot

Big Four Depot (HMN8Y)

Location: Lafayette, IN 47901 Tippecanoe County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 25.162', W 86° 53.761'

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Lafayette, Indiana

1902 - Built at Second and South Streets by the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad, nicknamed "Big Four" and the lake Erie & Western Railroad; served as a train depot until 1975

1979 - Reopened by City of Lafayette as offices for the Lafayette Railroad Relocation Project

1983 - Given to the City by Norfolk & Western Railway Company

1994 - Moved to current site on Second Street at Main Street and renovated as part of Lafayette Railroad Relocation with the aid of Federal Transportation Enhancement Activity funds granted by the State of Indiana

1995 - Received the first U.S. Federal Highway Administration award for best use of Transportation Enhancement Activity funds in the country

1966 - Completed and celebrated as the focal point of James F. Riehle Plaza, as a public meeting place, and as an inter-model public transportation facility

2003 - Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Date Added Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 at 10:33pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 508821 N 4474309
Decimal Degrees40.41936667, -86.89601667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 25.162', W 86° 53.761'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 25' 9.72" N, 86° 53' 45.66" W
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Area Code(s)765
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 301-399 Virginia Ave, Lafayette IN 47901, US
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