{"nrhp_refnum":"99000978","name":"Illinois Central Railroad Depot","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of Central Ave. and Ullin Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ullin","county":"Pulaski County","state":"IL","lat":37.27727720100006,"lon":-89.18471729499998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-08-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A wooden railroad passenger and freight depot at Central Avenue and Ullin Avenue in the center of Ullin, Pulaski County, Illinois, built in 1897 for the Illinois Central Railroad. It is the third depot built in Ullin and measures 24 by 60 feet.","why_significant":"The depot served as the commercial hub of Ullin, handling passengers, mail, telegraph messages and freight such as lumber, lime, strawberries and livestock from local farms and mills. It is a little-altered example of the end-gabled wooden stations the railroad built in the late 1800s, with original interior cabinets, woodwork and a stationmaster's bay window. It was saved from demolition and moved back to its original site in 1997.","narrative":"This small wooden depot in the center of Ullin, Illinois, was built in 1897 by the Illinois Central Railroad and is the third station to serve the town. It measures 24 by 60 feet and follows the railroad's common late-1800s pattern: a rectangular, end-gabled frame with a square bay window on the track side for the stationmaster. Inside, a waiting room, ticket and telegraph office, and large freight room remain, with original cabinets, tariff cases and tongue-and-groove walls. Local farmers shipped produce and livestock from here, and mills and quarries sent lumber and lime by rail. Passenger and freight service ended around 1970. The building was sold and moved in 1972, damaged slightly by a mill fire in 1979, and left empty until 1997. Citizens then rescued it from demolition and had it moved back to its original site. It has never been retrofitted, and changes since 1897 are mostly cosmetic, mainly replacement siding.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian, Stick","criteria":[],"status_note":"Vacant and unrestored at the time of nomination, with broken windows and worn finishes. It was sold and moved about 300 feet in 1972, used for storage, then left dormant for 18 years. It was moved back to its original location on December 2, 1997. Current function is listed as work in progress.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.66386-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/23/8939/28893923/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/99000978.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000978/9dfe7c96c5-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000978/9dfe7c96c5-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ullin_Illinois_Central_Railroad_Depot.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ullin_Illinois_Central_Railroad_Depot.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28893923","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ullin_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5999380"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/pulaski-county/illinois-central-railroad-depot-99000978/"}