Designed by M. A. Lang and built in 1910, Union Station in Gary, IN is located on Broadway between the lines of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The Beaux Arts structure is almost completely hidden by the elevated train tracks until you are facing the building.
There’s a lot of debris inside, but no fixtures that might clue you into the building’s original purpose:
The massive skylight is now just a hole in the roof:
A ghost sign announces “no parking; cabs only:”
For more information and photos, check out Lost Indiana and Bearings.
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What a beautiful, unused building…
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