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Pennsylvania Depot

The Pennsylvania Railroad Station is the focal point of the "Hoosier Bowery" district in Richmond. It was designed in the office of Daniel Burnham, a famous architect from Chicago. Mr. Burnham's firm is famous for designing The Rookery building in Chicago and The Flatiron Building in New York.

This building is included in the National Register of Historic Places, Richmond Railroad Station Historic District (added 1987 - District - #87001808).Roughly bounded by Norfolk & Southern RR tracks, N. Tenth St., Elm Pl., N. D St., & Ft. Wayne Ave. The depot is in the process of being restored by Doc & Debbie Keys of White River Architectural Salvage & Antiques.

Pennsylvania Depot

Photo taken September 25, 2006

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  • Yesteryear Train Photos

    • Photo, PRR 4-6-2 #1188/pass Richmond, IN
      Photograph by: Fred C. Stoes
      A Pennsylvania Railroad 4-6-2, #1188, is seen with its
      passenger train crossing the high bridge over Whitewater
      River, 1946. The bridge is just west of the Richmond,
      Indiana Depot. (...as it crosses over what is now called Sim Hodgins Parkway)

    •  Photo, Penn K4 #1980/pass Richmond, IN, 1946
       Photograph by:  Fred C. Stoes
       A Pennsylvania Railroad 4-6-2, K4, #1980 is seen with
       passenger train underneath the shed at Richmond, Indiana,
       1946.

    • Photo, Pennsylvania Railroad 4-6-2 #3424/pass
      Photograph by: Fred C. Stoes
      A Pennsylvania 4-6-2 drifts along the main, eastbound
      with postal baggage and coach car, at the Hayes Arboretum
      crossing, east of Richmond, IN.

    • Photo, Pensylvania RR dbl-hdr Richmond Depot
      Photograph by: Fred C. Stoes
      Two Pensylvania 4-6-4's, with 3761 on the point, are
      about to leave the Richmond, Indiana covered station on
      an afternoon passenger train, September, 1946.

    • Photo, PRR TI #5518/pass near Richmond, 1946
      Photograph by: Fred C. Stoes
      A Pennsylvania Railroad T1, 4-4-4-4, #5518, is seen
      with its passenger train crossing the high bridge over
      Whitewater River, 1946. The bridge is just west of
      the Richmond, Indiana Depot.

    • Image, Pennsyvania RR 0-6-0 Richmond IN, 1948
      Photograph by: Fred C. Stoes
      Pennsylvania Railroad 0-6-0 locomotive #8933 sits below
      the water spout at the Richmond, Indiana, passenger
      train covered shed waiting to take on the next switching
      assignment.

    • Image, PRR 4-6-2 #150/work train, Richmond
      Photograph by: Fred C. Stoes
      A Pennsylvania Railroad 4-6-2, #150 is seen with its
      work train, slugging it out on the main, about to
      cross Hayes-Arboretum Road near Richmond, Indiana,
      September, 1946.

    • Photo, Pennsylvania RR dbl-hdr action steam!
      Photograph by: Fred C. Stoes
      In this raw power black & white photograph two Pennsylvania
      Railroad K4 Pacific locomotives eat up the main, crossing
      Hayes Arboretum Road east of Richmond, Indiana, 1949. The
      streamlined K4 on the point was one of only four such made.

    • Photo, PRR dual K4's/pass at Richmond, 1946
      Photograph by: Fred C. Stoes
      Two 4-6-2 Pennsylvania Railroad K4 locomotives are seen
      with their passenger train crossing the high bridge over
      Whitewater River, 1946. The bridge is just west of the
      Richmond, Indiana Depot.
       

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Wilbur Wright, co-inventor of the airplane with his brother, Orville, attended school in Richmond, Indiana. His family moved to Dayton, Ohio in June of 1884 just before he would have received his diploma from Richmond High School. The diploma was awarded to him posthumously on April 16, 1994.