Located at Plum & Pearl Streets, this station was opened in December, 1865 when the Indianapolis, Cincinnati & Lafayette RR (later part of the CCC&I and then CCC&St.L) coverted the Pearl Street Market House into its station. It then become known as the Plum Street Station and was regarded as Cincinnatis first union station. In 1883 when the new Union Terminal was built, this station became a freight warehouse for the Big 4. In 1887, Sanborn Fire maps show the station as in ruins, but on the 1891 map it shows the station as being built. It appears that the original headhouse on the east remained occupied by the Pullman Palace Car Company, but most of the structure westward was rebuilt when that part became a freight facility for the CCC&St.L. It was damaged in a fire in 1944, repaired, and finally demolished in 1961 to make way for the Mill Creek Expressway. In the early days, the station was also used by the Marietta & Cincinnati RR.
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:06:45 +0000
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