Converse station

Converse Depot
Converse Depot, January 2011
Location 203 E. Railroad St., Converse, Indiana
Coordinates 40°34′49″N 85°52′14″W / 40.58028°N 85.87056°W / 40.58028; -85.87056Coordinates: 40°34′49″N 85°52′14″W / 40.58028°N 85.87056°W / 40.58028; -85.87056
Area less than one acre
Built 1912 (1912)
Architect Price and McLanahan
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference # 95000205[1]
Added to NRHP March 3, 1995

Converse, also known as the Pennsylvania RR Depot, is a historic train station located at Converse, Miami County, Indiana. It was built in 1912, as a 1 1/2-story, brick building in the Bungalow / American Craftsman style. It is surrounded by a deep pent roof canopy on three sides. Above the pent roof canopy is a broad stuccoed gable. It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad and remained in use into the 1950s.[2]:5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 as the Converse Depot.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01. Note: This includes Scott D. Lee and Paul C. Diebold (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Converse Depot" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.
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