THI and E Interurban Depot-Substation, also known as Plainfield Interurban Depot, is a historic

interurban The Interurban (or radial railway in Europe and Canada) is a type of electric railway, with streetcar-like electric self-propelled rail cars which run within and between cities or towns. They were very prevalent in North America between 1900 a ...

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 at Plainfield,

Hendricks County, Indiana Hendricks County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 145,448. The county seat is the town of Danville. Hendricks County is the third largest county in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderso ...

Design

The building consisted of a small brick passenger / cargo depot in the front facing the street and track plus a large, two-story repair facility and power conversion AC to DC substation at the rear. Holes in the upper part of the substation walls are where electrical transmission wires entered and left. It has

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style design elements in the round arched window openings. The passenger depot section is topped by a series of red clay tile hipped roofs. The structure is of the same design as the Amo Depot.

History

The station was built in 1907 by the

Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company The Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Company, or THI&E, was the second largest interurban in the U.S. state of Indiana at the 1920s height of the "interurban era." This system included over of track, with lines radiating from Indi ...

. Interurban transportation for Plainfield ceased on January 10, 1940. The building was subsequently used as an

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post. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was added to the

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in 2002.

References

Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Italianate architecture in Indiana Railway stations in the United States opened in 1907 National Register of Historic Places in Hendricks County, Indiana Transportation buildings and structures in Hendricks County, Indiana 1907 establishments in Indiana Former railway stations in Indiana {{HendricksCountyIN-NRHP-stub

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