Craigville 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 suc ...

located in

Jefferson Township, Allen County, Indiana Jefferson Township is one of twenty townships in Allen County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,109. Jefferson Township was organized in 1840. History The Craigville Depot, New York Chicago and St. Louis Rail ...

, USA. It was built in 1879 and is a one-story, wood-frame building, measuring 16 feet wide, 32 feet long and 16 feet 6 inches high. The gable roof has a four-foot overhang and elaborate Stick Style /

Eastlake movement The Eastlake movement was a nineteenth-century architectural and household design reform movement started by British architect and writer Charles Eastlake (1836–1906). The movement is generally considered part of the late Victorian period in t ...

ornamentation. The building was moved from its original location in 1950 and again in 1979. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was restored by Edward Byer who was the owner of the New Haven and Lake Erie Railroad. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1984, and was delisted in 2023.

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Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Railway stations in the United States opened in 1879 Queen Anne architecture in Indiana Transportation buildings and structures in Allen County, Indiana Former National Register of Historic Places in Indiana {{AllenCountyIN-NRHP-stub