Chicago and Alton Depot, also known as the Illinois Central Gulf Depot, is a historic
train station
A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one platform, one track and a station building providing s ...
located at
Marshall
Marshall may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Islands
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,
Missouri
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,
United States
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, that is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
Description
![Chicago and Alton Depot](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Chicago_and_Alton_Depot.jpg)
The depot was designed by the architect
Jarvis Hunt
Jarvis Hunt (August 6, 1863 - June 15, 1941) was a Chicago architect who designed a wide array of buildings, including railroad stations, suburban estates, industrial buildings, clubhouses and other structures.
Biography
Hunt was born in Weath ...
and built in 1906 by the
Chicago and Alton Railroad
The Alton Railroad was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago to Alton, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; and Kansas City, Missouri. Its predecessor, the Chicago and Alton Railroad , was purchased by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1931 a ...
. It is a one-story, brick and stone building with
Jacobethan Revival and
Mission Revival
The Mission Revival style was part of an architectural movement, beginning in the late 19th century, for the revival and reinterpretation of American colonial styles. Mission Revival drew inspiration from the late 18th and early 19th century ...
style design elements. The building measures approximately 113 feet 2 inches in length and 42 feet 11 inches wide.
[ (includes 7 photographs)]
It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1979.
See also
*
National Register of Historic Places listings in Saline County, Missouri
References
External links
Marshall
Marshall may refer to:
Places
Australia
* Marshall, Victoria, a suburb of Geelong, Victoria
Canada
* Marshall, Saskatchewan
* The Marshall, a mountain in British Columbia
Liberia
* Marshall, Liberia
Marshall Islands
* Marshall Islands, an i ...
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri
Mission Revival architecture in Missouri
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1906
Buildings and structures in Saline County, Missouri
National Register of Historic Places in Saline County, Missouri
Former railway stations in Missouri
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