{"nrhp_refnum":"89002101","name":"Olmstead Depot","other_names":["Building #135"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Front St. & Caledonia Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Olmsted","county":"Pulaski County","state":"IL","lat":37.181221211000036,"lon":-89.08890525599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-12-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small wooden railroad depot at Front Street and Caledonia Avenue in Olmsted, Pulaski County, Illinois. The Cairo and Vincennes Railroad built it in 1872, and it was enlarged to three rooms in 1910.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the depot is significant locally under Criterion A in the area of Transportation. Olmsted's growth was directly tied to the railroad from 1872 to 1939. Farmers, shellers and merchants shipped produce, chickens, mussel shells and equipment through the depot.","narrative":"Built in 1872 by the Cairo and Vincennes Railroad, this wooden depot sits at Front Street and Caledonia Avenue in Olmsted, Illinois. The original one-room station, with a stove, ticket window and bench, became too small for freight, and in 1910 it was moved slightly north and enlarged to three rooms: a waiting room, a stationmaster's room with wide views of the tracks, and a freight room with sliding doors. Walls are board and batten on a concrete foundation, under a gabled roof carried on A-frame braces. The depot matters because Olmsted grew with the railroad rather than the river. Local farmers shipped strawberries, peaches, vegetables, cream and chickens to northern cities from it, mussel shells went out for button making, and a farm equipment dealer received crated machinery there. The structure is now vacant, sound overall, and slated for restoration by a local historical society.","period_of_significance":"1872 - 1939","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Stick","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant and not in use; the form describes it as structurally sound with a moderately leaking roof and planned restoration by a local historical society.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:35.053957-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/8939/28893921/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/89002101.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002101/b5ff2cace8-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89002101/b5ff2cace8-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olmstead_C%26V_Depot.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olmstead_C%26V_Depot.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893921","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olmstead_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7088424"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/pulaski-county/olmstead-depot-89002101/"}