Spring Street Freight House
- Spring Street Freight House
Infobox_nrhp | name =Spring Street Freight House
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location= Jeffersonville, Indiana
lat_degrees = 38 | lat_minutes = 16 | lat_seconds = 48.49 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 85 | long_minutes = 44 | long_seconds = 47.50 | long_direction = W
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built =1925
architect= Unknown
architecture= Craftsman
added = March 29, 2007
governing_body = Ohio River Bridges Project
refnum=07000209 The Spring Street Freight House is a site on the National Register of Historic Places, located in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It was placed on the Register in May 2007, after being nominated by the Indiana Department of Transportation. It is one of the few railhouses built in the 1920's still standing.
It was built by Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (CCC & St. L RR), also known as the Big Four, around 1925. It was built Craftsman-style, and is 1.5 stories high. Its foundation and walls are made of wood, and the roof is asphalt shingles. It includes a brick chimney. The property upon which the freight house is upon covers .52 acres.
It was originally part of "Jeffersonville Springs", a resort that featured mineral springs, which being chalybeate was deemed back then to be good for the body. From this was why one of the streets by it is named Spring Street. It was started by Swiss immigrant John Fischli, who originally owned 13 acres of the property, until his death in 1838. In 1852 it was bought by a Methodist church, who converted the gambling houses by it into school houses. The hotel which Fischli had built burned down in 1857.
The property was bought by the Big Four in 1890. There were initially plans by the railroad to rebuild the resort, but that never happened. In 1907 the Railroad had destroyed the Springs.
After the railroad abandoned it in 1963, R.A. Alms & Sons Feed Wholesalers used it from 1970-1975. In the 1980s a cable company used it. It is currently unused, but the Ohio River Bridges Project plans to restore it in 2008 and turn it into its headquarters.
It was placed on the Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures and the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 2007.
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ee also
*Big Four Bridge
References
* http://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/bin/rb_apps/2007/jeff_depot_all.pdf
* http://www.kyinbridges.com/NeighborhoodNewsIndianaDowntown.aspx?cGuid=5b9f2284-b00d-43a0-855c-baf5c38a22df
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