Chicago, IL: B&OCT 115th Street Depot

(Satellite)

Bill Molony posted
The Baltimore & Ohio depot at 115th Street on the south side of Chicago, adjacent to Mount Hope Cemetery. As far as I know, it was damaged by fire and razed sometime in the 1970's.

David Daruszka commented on the above posting
 Correct. It had been converted to a private residence and was destroyed by fire. Here's a picture of it in better days.
[Aloghough the track isn't looking very good]

It appears that Mt. Hope Cemetery has doubled in width since 1938. I remember from a talk on the history of the B&OCT that this north/south part was developed by real-estate speculators across farmland. The hoped for communities were slow to develop. But they ran a lot of "funeral trains" down to these cemeteries. The building in the upper-right corner was probably the depot.

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP