Villa Avenue station
Villa Avenue Train Station | |
 Villa Avenue's former CA&E station | |
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| Location | 220 South Villa Avenue Villa Park, Illinois |
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| Coordinates | 41°53′8.5″N 87°58′10″W / 41.885694°N 87.96944°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1929 |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 86001480[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 22, 1986 |
The Villa Avenue Train Station is one of two former Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad (CA&E) stations in Villa Park, Illinois. The building was also used as an office by the Western United Gas and Electric Company. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, it is now the home of the Villa Park Historical Society Museum.
History
The station is a
Architecture
The building was designed by Arthur U. Gerber, staff-architect of Samuel Insull who owned the CA&E at the time. The single-story building is rectangular, measuring 28 by 104 feet (8.5 m × 31.7 m). A gable roof covers the waiting room section and the portico. The roof includes a limestone chimney and synthetic shingles. Window and door frames are made of wood. Walls are built with wood, stucco and limestone. The southern elevation features a 4-foot (1.2 m) limestone wall topped with two rows of limestone blocks. The western portion includes a stone-arched window with mullioned casements. The eastern half has three high square windows. The three gables are half-timbered and stuccoed.[2]
See also
- Ardmore Avenue Train Station, another surviving CA&E station in Villa Park
References
| Preceding station | Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad | Following station | ||
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| Ardmore Avenue toward Wheaton
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Main Line | Spring Road toward Chicago
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External links
Media related to Villa Avenue Train Station at Wikimedia Commons- Villa Park Historical Society Museum
- Villa Park Depot (Michigan Passenger Stations)
