Olmstead station

Olmstead is a historic railroad station in Olmsted, Illinois. The station was built in 1872 by the Cairo and Vincennes Railroad. The railroad provided passenger and freight service to the town. Freight trains imported merchandise for the town's shops and exported goods such as chickens, mussel shells, and agricultural products. The passengers brought in by the trains also improved the town's economy by increasing sales for its businesses. The Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway operated the station after it acquired the Cairo and Vincennes Railroad. Service to the station ended in 1955.^[2]

Olmsted
Front and southern side of the Olmsted depot.
General information
Location	Front Street and Caledonia Avenue, Olmsted, Pulaski County, Illinois 62970
Line(s)	Cairo Division
History
Closed	1955
Services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Grand Chain toward Danville Cairo Division America toward Cairo
Olmstead Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Front St. and Caledonia Ave., Olmsted, Pulaski County, Illinois, USA
Coordinates	37°10′51″N 89°5′11″W
NRHP reference No.	89002101[1]
Added to NRHP	December 15, 1989

The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 15, 1989, as the Olmstead Depot.^[1]

Notes

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Meier, Charlene (April 3, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Olmstead Depot" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 25, 2013. Retrieved December 23, 2013.