Monday, May 24, 2021

photographs of abandoned places #28

B&O Depot, Terminal, Freight Office
A Flats Terminal Project had been talked about from at least 2006, and nothing. Cleveland has had so many proposals that were to be done, and then nothing. It began as Cleveland Terminal & Valley railroad depot in c.1897-8. The CT&V RR was absorbed by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from 1889 to 1915. This station was Cleveland's busiest rail passenger depot until Cleveland Union Terminal started operating in 1930-4. A fire destroyed the clock on the front center tower, and roof. The property sits next to Sherwin Williams, which has had it since 1975.

"A Model Passenger Station." The Railway Agent and Station Agent. September 1898, p. 92.
this tower is elliptical

Do not know how long this building has got. The fire department has a notice on the front door.
Gothic revival stone and brick work makes this like a fortress or armory.

 

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