Scottsburg is a historic
railroad depot
A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a Rail transport, railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passenger train, passengers, freight rail transport, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one r ...
located at
Scottsburg,
Scott County, Indiana
Scott County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 24,181. The county seat is Scottsburg.
History
Scott County was formed in 1820 from portions of Clark, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, and Washington ...
. It was built in 1872 by the
Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad
The Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis Railroad (JM&I) was formed in 1866 as a merger between the Indianapolis and Madison Railroad and the Jeffersonville Railroad.
Genealogy
The JM&I predecessors were as follows:
*Jeffersonville, Madison ...
,
costing almost $1,492 (). It is a one-story,
Stick Style frame building with
board and batten
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In the lighting industry, battens refer to linea ...
siding and a projecting agent's window. Its presence influenced the location of Scottsburg in 1874, as the town was named for the railroad's General Superintendent, Horace Scott. It was built specifically for both passenger and freight cargo. Inside there was separate waiting rooms for men and women. Passenger service to the station ended in the 1950s.
It is one of the last structures of its kind still standing in
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
.
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It was placed on 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 1991 as the Scottsburg Depot, but was moved one block north to its present location to help preserve it.
With federal transportation funds, it was restored. In 1996 it became the Scottsburg Heritage Station.
References
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1872
National Register of Historic Places in Scott County, Indiana
Former Pennsylvania Railroad stations
Former railway stations in Indiana
Buildings and structures in Scott County, Indiana
Transportation in Scott County, Indiana
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