The Terminal Arcade, located on Wabash Avenue in downtown

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, is a Beaux-Arts building on the

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since June 30, 1983. The building originally served as the

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interurban station, opening in 1911. It was built on the grounds of the former J. S. Evans and Sons, a bicycle shop. The end of the interurban age came on January 11, 1940, when the track between Terre Haute and

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was closed, largely the result of automobiles making interurbans superfluous. From December 1, 1949, until 1972 the Arcade served as the city's union bus station.Terminal Arcade Facades (north & south), (sculpture)
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Accessed January 2, 2009 The Beaux-Arts building is made of

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and brick. It has identical facades on its north and south sides, constructed of

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and with

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bases. Various designs carved upon the building include lions,

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s, and fruits. The building itself was designed by Daniel H. Burnham of

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; the facades were the work of Fred Edler and J. W. Quayle. ''Note:'' This includes and The other property in Terre Haute built by the Terre Haute, Indianapolis, and Eastern Traction Company was a power house at the corner of Mulberry and North Water. It was built in 1907 to power the interurbans the Terminal Arcade served, and the 457 miles of track the interurban ran upon. The 1907 lease, under the name of the Terre Haute Traction & Light Company, called for 999 years; interurbans were no more by 1940. There have been threats to the Terminal Arcade. The mayor of Terre Haute Pete Chalos proposed condemning the building. In 2004, during talks for building a new federal building in Terre Haute, one of the proposals would have included razing the Terminal Arcade and placing the new building on its site. As of August 2022, a new

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is scheduled to operate in the space, it's scheduled to open by late January 2023.

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* Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Transport infrastructure completed in 1911 Beaux-Arts architecture in Indiana 1911 establishments in Indiana Buildings and structures in Terre Haute, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Terre Haute, Indiana Transportation buildings and structures in Vigo County, Indiana Former railway stations in Indiana Railway stations opened in 1911 Railway stations closed in 1940 Former bus stations {{VigoCountyIN-NRHP-stub