Talk:LaSalle Street Station
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[edit] Info from A Guide to Chicago's Train Stations Present and Past by Ira J. Bach and Susan Wolfson
first depot built 1866 by LS&MS and CRI&P, designed by W. W. Boyington, severely damaged in 1871 fire, but enough remained to incorporate the old into a rebuilding, headhouse increased by two stories in 1887, demolished at beginning of century
begun in 1902 and finished 1903, designed by Frost and Granger, similar to predecessor, mail and baggage on ground level and tracks on second floor with elevators, 12 story steel framed office building at headhouse for LS&MS and CRI&P, demolished 1981 and replaced by small commuter station south of Congress Street, Midwest Stock Exchange is on former site --SPUI (talk) 03:21, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
