Dwight (Amtrak station)
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 Dwight, Illinois's Chicago and Alton Railroad Depot, now a historic Amtrak station. | |||||||||||
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119 West Main Street Dwight, Illinois, United States | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°5′33.68″N 88°25′42.06″W / 41.0926889°N 88.4283500°WCoordinates: 41°5′33.68″N 88°25′42.06″W / 41.0926889°N 88.4283500°W | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1891 | ||||||||||
| Station code | DWT | ||||||||||
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| Passengers (2013) | 10,763[1]  5.7% | ||||||||||
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Dwight Chicago and Alton Railroad Depot | |||||||||||
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| Location | Dwight, Illinois | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°5′33.7″N 88°25′42.1″W / 41.092694°N 88.428361°W | ||||||||||
| Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||
| Built | 1891 | ||||||||||
| Architect | Henry Ives Cobb | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Richardson Romanesque | ||||||||||
| NRHP Reference # | 82000398[2] | ||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | December 27, 1982 | ||||||||||
The Dwight railroad depot was built in Dwight, Illinois, United States by the Chicago and Alton Railroad in 1891 to a design by architect Henry Ives Cobb. Built in the Richardson Romanesque style of rusticated masonry, the structure has been on the National Register of Historic Places since December 27, 1982.[2] The foundation is of Joliet stone and the walls above are of Bedford blue stone from Indiana composed almost entirely of fossil shells.[3]
In 1999, the village of Dwight offered the use of the depot to the Dwight Historical Society. The society moved its museum into the north end of the building; the south end holds both a meeting room for the society and the present office of the Dwight Chamber of Commerce.[4] The depot continues to serve Amtrak passenger traffic between Chicago and St. Louis. Amtrak trains serving the station are the Lincoln Service. This was also a stop for the Ann Rutledge until April 2007. Travel time to downtown Chicago is approximately 1.5 hours. The depot is located at 119 W. Main Street.
References
- ↑ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Illinois" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Livingston County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places
- ↑ Great American Stations. Accessed March 21, 2013.
- ↑ Great American Stations. Accessed March 21, 2013.
External links
Media related to Chicago and Alton Railroad Depot (Dwight, Illinois) at Wikimedia Commons
- Amtrak – Stations – Dwight, IL
- Livingston County Listings at the National Register of Historic Places
- Dwight Amtrak Station (USA Rail Guide -- Train Web)
- Dwight Railroad Depot -- Dwight Area Chamber of Commerce
- Dwight (DWT)--Great American Stations (Amtrak)
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