Location: East side of Prairie Ave., south of 16th St. and west of the tracks.
Occupants: Illinois Central Railroad
Life Span: About 1878-TBD
Architect:
Chicago Tribune, August 8, 1886
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy depot at Sixteenth street is another old building, but appears to still be in a fair condition, although small. The main features of its appearance are its numerous windows and large roof. Twelve years ago this same depot stood alongside of the Sixteenth street tracks, a block south and half a block west of its present location. At that time the Burlington trains used the Illinois Central tracks, running on Sixteenth to the lake shore and then going to the Illinois Central depot. Three or tour years ago the road began using the Union depot and Fort Wayne tracks and the depot at Sixteenth street was moved to the corner of Meagher street and Stewart avenue, the building being the same one that did service on the old ground. It is a one-story frame shanty about 70×20. The waiting-room is 40×20, the ticket office behind 12×20, and the baggage-room at the rearmost end 16×20. Three kerosene lamps shed their flickering rays on the waiting passengers at night. A very large and wide platform surrounds the depot, in front of which is placed a long plank seat for the accommodation of those who prefer to wait outside. The waiting-room, though small and narrow, is rarely crowded. The ground on two sides of the depot is a complete network of tracks.
Chicago Tribune, July 1, 1935
The C., B. & Q. used the I. C. station at Randolph street, 1870-’80, and the I.C. tracks to 16th street station, then called Weldon.
- 16th Street Station
Robinson Fire Insurance Map
1886
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