Fort Harrison Terminal Station, Train terminal turned restaurant in Lawrence Township, Indiana, US
Fort Harrison Terminal Station is a former train depot in Lawrence Township, Indiana, now operating as a restaurant. The structure consists of a one-story brick building with a double-pitched hipped roof and metal roofing, located at Building 616 within the historic Fort Benjamin Harrison grounds.
The building was constructed in 1908 to serve the Union Traction Company and operated as a depot through 1941. After that year, it was converted to a United States Post Office and served that function before its later conversion to its current use.
The building's name comes from its role as the terminal of the Union Traction Company's interurban line to Fort Benjamin Harrison, and the depot served that line until 1941. After the trains stopped, the same brick structure housed a U.S. Post Office, which is why it is also known as Fort Harrison Post Office. Today it operates as a Mexican restaurant, so a meal there puts a visitor inside the former waiting room.
The building is accessible on the Fort Benjamin Harrison grounds and maintains its original exterior structure. Visitors should note that the building functions as an operating restaurant and is located within a specific area of the site.
In 1995 the station was also named a contributing property of the Fort Benjamin Harrison Historic District, so it is covered by two separate National Register listings. The building stands at Building 616 on the former army post grounds.
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