Delaware, OH: 1885 Big Four Depot and Freight House

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In another photo, I saw that the far blue sign reads TICKET OFFICE.

Street View, Sep 2021

Raymond Storey posted
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James Kehn: There are plans to restore this depot from what I have heard.

Street View, Aug 2012

 

Dick Whitcomb posted
Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis RR Depot (2009)— in Delaware, OH.

Trainmaster1072, Oct 2018

I wonder what the story is about the passenger car. And it is interesting that they built a tower for the cell phone antennas rather than add them with the other antennas that are on top of the headhouse. The white tanks beyond the grain bin were probably for fertilizer. Since Google Maps labels this Former Delaware Farmer's Exchange, it is probably abandoned.

Street View, Sep 2021

Should I label these notes rrBN to reflect the Frisco origins of the passenger car?

Columbus Drone Services, Aug 2023

Ronnie Amore posted nine photos with the comment: "NYC Depot in Delaware, OH. Photo is from 2016."

Shad Sheets: They went all hell bent remodeling for a bit but hasn't been anything happening for almost a year. I just wonder if they got in over their head. The building on east side of the tracks is a bar and seems to be doing well

Krissy Truex: It's still being rehabbed but it's looking really good!

https://www.columbusnavigator.com/delaware-train-depot-renovation/

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ColumbusNavigator, photo courtesy of RiverWest
"Originally built in 1885 by the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis (C. C. C. & I.) Railway Company, this historic train depot has lived many lives. The latest rendition of the depot will be a mixed use space brought to life by RiverWest Partners."

Doug Scott posted 11 photos with the comment:

2025-07-19

  This is the former Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & Indianapolis Railway Depot at 60 Lake Street in Delaware, Ohio . Its construction was completed in 1887. It eventually became part of the New York Central System. Trains ceased stopping here on November 19, 1965 and it is currently vacant. The former freight house across the tracks is now a restaurant - Sand Bar Station.— with Ellen Scott in Delaware, OH.

William Gall: Last time I inspected the bridges on it, they called it the Delaware old main on the part through town.

Judging from the street views, the freight house has recently had several owners.

Street View, Sep 2021

1924 Delaware Quad @ 24,000 via Dennis DeBruler