Spring Street Freight House

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.

Spring Street Freight House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1030 Spring St., Jeffersonville, Indiana
Coordinates	38°16′49″N 85°44′49″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1925 (1925)
Built by	Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
Architectural style	Bungalow/American Craftsman
NRHP reference No.	07000209[1]
Added to NRHP	March 29, 2007

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 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 0.52 acres (2,100 m²).^[2][3]: 6

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.^[4]

The State of Indiana and Indiana Department of Transportation completed an extensive rehabilitation of the building in 2012.^{[citation needed]}

It was placed on the Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures and the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 2007.^[1]

Gallery

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  North side of Depot, before restoration
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  Front of depot, before restoration. Sign in door states that the depot is owned by the state of Indiana, and that trespassers will be prosecuted.
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  Rehabilitated (2012) - South Entrance
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  Rehabilitated (2012) - Southwest Corner
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  Rehabilitated (2012) - Northeast Corner
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  Rehabilitated (2012)- Front Entry
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  Rehabilitated (2012) Brackets & Eaves
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  Rehabilitated (2012) - South Eave
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  Rehabilitated (2012) - Interior

See also

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

Preceding station	New York Central Railroad			Following station
North Vernon toward Benton Harbor		Michigan Division		Louisville Terminus