Pekin station (Alton Railroad)
St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railroad Depot | |
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| Location | 1900 Broadway St, Pekin, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 40°34′02″N 89°37′24″W / 40.56722°N 89.62333°W[citation needed] |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1898 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 04001305[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 6, 2004 |
The St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railroad Depot, previously known as the Pekin Depot or Chicago and Alton Depot, is a historic
Architecture
The depot is a one-story, rectangular building with a cross gable toward the north end.[2] The original color of the wood siding may have been a grayish white with forest-green trim.[2][3] The building is 1,935 square feet.[2]
The north section contains the waiting room, ticket office, hallway, and bathroom.[2] The interior walls have wood wainscoting.[2] The south section has a baggage room with four large double doors.[2]
History
The station was built in 1898 when the St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railway (St. L. P. & N.) built a line into Pekin; the railroad had formed only two years earlier as an amalgamation of ten other railroad companies.
The depot was leased to the
President Herbert Hoover made a campaign stop at the Pekin Depot on November 4, 1932.[6] Everett Dirksen boarded the train at Peoria and stood next to Hoover on the locomotive platform.[2] A crowd of over 7,000 people attended, including children who were dismissed from school to see Hoover.[2]
In 1979, the property was sold to Carl and Kathryn Wolfer. In 1999, Kathryn Wolfer sold the property to David and Louise Milam.[2]
The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 6, 2004.[1] The station was located at 1408 Broadway Street, near 14th Street.[2][7]
Relocation and Restoration
In 2006, the depot was donated to the Pekin Parks Department.[3] The building was relocated about one quarter-mile east to Mineral Springs Park at 1900 Broadway St.[6][7] This site was originally the Santa Fe and Big Four Railroad Roundhouse, which burned in 1927.[3] The depot building was set on a new foundation and renovated with reclaimed lumber from demolished historic buildings.[3]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Milam, Mary Ann (June 14, 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. Louis, Peoria and Northern Railroad Depot" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
- ^ a b c d Harris, Sharon Woods (2011-12-01). "Train depot renovations to begin". Pekin Daily Times. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ^ Pekin Association of Commerce. Centenary Committee; Harris, Thomas H. (1949). The Pekin centenary 1849-1949 : a souvenir book commemorating 100 years of community progress in the City of Pekin, Illinois. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Pekin, Ill. : The Association.
- ISSN 0090-7847.
- ^ a b Olar, Jared (2017-02-25). "From The History Room @ The Pekin Public Library: A relic of Pekin's railroad past". Pekin Daily Times. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
- ^ a b Olar, Jared (2016-07-02). "How the railroad came to Pekin". From the History Room. Retrieved 2023-09-20.
External links
Media related to Pekin, Illinois depot at Wikimedia Commons
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| South Pekin toward Sherman
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Sherman – Peoria | Peoria Terminus
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