The Spring Street Freight House is a historic

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located at

Jeffersonville, Indiana Jeffersonville is a city and the county seat of Clark County, Indiana, Clark County, Indiana, United States, situated along the Ohio River. Locally, the city is often referred to by the abbreviated name Jeff. It lies directly across the Ohio River ...

. It was placed on the

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in May 2007, after being nominated by the

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. It is one of the few railhouses built in the 1920s still standing. 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 stories high. Its foundation and walls are made of wood, and the roof is

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s. It includes a brick chimney. The property upon which the freight house is upon covers . ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. 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

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had plans to restore it in 2008 and turn it into its headquarters; as of August 2009 nothing, no renovation had been performed.Branigan Sec.8, p.11 The State of Indiana and Indiana Department of Transportation completed an extensive rehabilitation of the building in 2012. It was placed on the

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and the

on March 29, 2007.

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File:Spring Street Freight House 2.jpg, North side of Depot, before restoration File:Spring Street Freight House 3.jpg, 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. File:Exterior - South Facade.jpg, Rehabilitated (2012) - South Entrance File:Exterior - Southwest Corner.jpg, Rehabilitated (2012) - Southwest Corner File:Exterior - Northeast Corner.jpg, Rehabilitated (2012) - Northeast Corner File:Exterior - Front Entrance.jpg, Rehabilitated (2012)- Front Entry File:Exterior - North Eave.jpg, Rehabilitated (2012) Brackets & Eaves File:Exterior - South Eave.jpg, Rehabilitated (2012) - South Eave File:Spring Street Freight House rehabilitated interior.jpg, Rehabilitated (2012) - Interior

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* * http://www.kyinbridges.com/NeighborhoodNewsIndianaDowntown.aspx?cGuid=5b9f2284-b00d-43a0-855c-baf5c38a22df Jeffersonville, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Clark County, Indiana Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Railway stations in the United States opened in 1925 Railway freight houses on the National Register of Historic Places Former New York Central Railroad stations Buildings and structures in Clark County, Indiana Railway buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Former railway stations in Indiana {{LouisvilleMSA-stub

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