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Illinois Central Railroad, Freight Depot No. 1, North of First Street, east of Union Street, La Salle, La Salle County, IL

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Illinois Central Railroad, Freight Depot No. 1, North of First Street, east of Union Street, La Salle, La Salle County, IL

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Summary

Significance: The LaSalle Freight Depot is one of the few surviving structures associated with the original Illinois Central Railroad. Although it was modified in 1919 to serve as a locomotive repair shop, the building retains much of its ante-bellum appearance, including its well-crafted random-range stone masonry walls.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1
Survey number: HAER IL-23-A
Building/structure dates: 1857 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1919 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1982

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Madrid, transmitter
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Location

La Salle (Ill.)41.33222, -89.08657
Google Map of 41.3322244, -89.0865737
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Library of Congress
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