Dearborn Station

Chicago Dearborn Station
Dearborn Station head house, 2006
General information
Location	47 West Polk Street Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates	41°52′19.78″N 87°37′45″W / 41.8721611°N 87.62917°W / 41.8721611; -87.62917
History
Opened	May 8, 1885
Closed	April 30, 1971 (long-distance service) 1976 (Orland Park Cannonball)
Other services
Preceding station Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Following station Terminus Suburban service 47th Street toward Dolton Preceding station Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Following station McCook toward Los Angeles Main Line Terminus Preceding station Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Following station Dolton toward Evansville Main Line Terminus Dolton toward St. Louis Chicago – St. Louis Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Terminus Main Line 47th Street toward Jersey City Preceding station Grand Trunk Western Railroad Following station Terminus Main Line 47th Street toward Port Huron Suburban Service (Chicago) 47th Street toward Valparaiso Preceding station Monon Railroad Following station Terminus Main Line 47th Street toward Louisville Preceding station Wabash Railroad Following station 47th Street toward Kansas City Main Line Terminus Terminus Chicago – Buffalo 47th Street toward Buffalo Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station Terminus Chicago, Cincinnati & Louisville Railroad 1910-1925 47th Street toward Cincinnati
Dearborn Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Chicago Landmark
Built	1883; 141 years ago (1883)
Architect	Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.	76000688[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 26, 1976; 48 years ago (1976-03-26)
Designated CL	March 2, 1982[2]

Dearborn Station (also called, Polk Street Depot) was, beginning in the late 1800s, one of six intercity train stations serving downtown Chicago, Illinois. It remained in operation until May 1, 1971. Built in 1883, it is located at Dearborn and Polk Streets, to the south of the Loop, adjacent to Printers Row. The station was owned by the Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad, which itself was owned by the companies operating over its line. The station building headhouse now houses office, retail, and entertainment spaces, and its trackage yard, behind the headhouse, was redeveloped into part of the Dearborn Park neighborhood.