THI & E Interurban Depot (Plainfield, Indiana)

USA / Indiana / Plainfield / Plainfield, Indiana
 interesting place, train station, historic landmark, service railway building
The THI & E Interurban Depot was built in 1907 as one of four stations on the Terre Haute to Indianapolis line (the other three were Amo, Reelsville, and Seelyville.) Plainfield's station also served as a substation, generating power for the interurban and also for the surrounding community. The two-story part of the building located in the back held the generators. The interurban was an electric railway that was widely used in the early 1900s for transportation. Indianapolis was a major center. Thirteen lines fed into the city from other cities around the state.
Many Plainfield residents used the interurban daily to get to jobs in Indianapolis. However, as the automobile became more prevalent, interurban traffic declined. In 1944 the building became the local post of the American Legion and remained that way until 2001 when the five remaining active members, most in their seventies, decided to donate the Nysewander-Bayliff American Legion Post 329 building to the town.
Since renovation, the Interurban depot has become part of the Plainfield Parks & Recreation Department and is available as a community meeting space. The Town also hopes to turn it into a museum.

Listed on the National Register of Historical Places
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Coordinates:   39°42'1"N   86°24'1"W

Comments

  • It sits on a corner, but of which two streets?
  • W. Buchanan St. and S. Vine St.
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