Big Four Depot
Lafayette, Indiana
1902 - Built at Second and South Streets by the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad, nicknamed “Big Four” and the lake Erie & Western Railroad; served as a train depot until 1975
1979 - Reopened by City of Lafayette as offices for the Lafayette Railroad Relocation Project
1983 - Given to the City by Norfolk & Western Railway Company
1994 - Moved to current site on Second Street at Main Street and renovated as part of Lafayette Railroad Relocation with the aid of Federal Transportation Enhancement Activity funds granted by the State of Indiana
1995 - Received the first U.S. Federal Highway Administration award for best use of Transportation Enhancement Activity funds in the country
1966 - Completed and celebrated as the focal point of James F. Riehle Plaza, as a public meeting place, and as an inter-model public transportation facility
2003 - Individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Marker is at the intersection of North 2nd Street and Main Street, on the left when traveling north on North 2nd Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
