Palmyra, IL: Abandoned/Big Four/CP&StL Depot

(Satellite)

CP&StL = Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis

Merle Pence posted
Palmyra depot, Howard and Roy Neece picking up the mail for the post office.
Jimmy Fiedler shared
Richard Fiedler shared

Dennis DeBruler commented on Jimmy's share
Originally, it was the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis. I think it was absorbed by the Big Four. It is hard to tell because the railroad was abandoned by 1956. The depot was just south of State Street between the tracks and Park Street. 1939 aerial photo

At first, I could not find the depot on the above aerial, so I got a newer one since they tend to have better resolution. This 1956 photo does have better resolution, but the railroad is already abandoned!

1956 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

So I went back to the 1939 photo. The little black shadow just south of State Street along Park Street showed me that there was a white rectangle along the tracks. That would probably be the depot.

1939 aerial at source resolution

The topo map confirms the name of the original railroad.

1931/55 Carlinville and 1932/32 Greenfield Quads @ 62,500