Fort Harrison Terminal Station


Fort Harrison Terminal Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Fort Harrison Terminal Station, March 2011
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Location	Building 616, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana
Coordinates	39°51′21″N 86°0′48″W / 39.85583°N 86.01333°W / 39.85583; -86.01333
Area	less than one acre
Built	1908 (1908)
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman, Prairie School
NRHP reference No.	84001127^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 16, 1984

Fort Harrison Terminal Station, also known as Fort Harrison Post Office, is a historic train station located at Fort Benjamin Harrison in suburban Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana, northeast of Indianapolis, Indiana. It was built in 1908, and is a one-story, brick building with Prairie School and Bungalow / American Craftsman style design elements. It has a low, double pitched hipped roof sheathed in metal. It served as a terminal for the interurban Union Traction Company^[2] until 1941, after which it housed a U.S. Post Office.^[3]^: 2–3 It has been converted into a Mexican restaurant.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[2]^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Longest, David E. (2005). Railroad Depots of Southern Indiana. Arcadia Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 9780738539584.
^ "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-08-01. Note: This includes Environmental Office (August 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fort Harrison Terminal Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-08-01. and Accompanying photographs

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