Exploring the Abandoned Gary Union Station | Gary Indiana December 2020

December 2020
Inside footage this time! Plus some history of the place at the end!

"Built in 1910, just four years after the city was founded, the station is located between the elevated lines of the Norfolk Southern and CSX Railroads. The station transported the thousands of workers who came from around the country to work in the steel mills of NW Indiana (Gary). Coal, iron ore, and US mail arrived daily. Architect M. A. Lang designed and built the two level station between the elevated tracks of what was then the Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) rail line and the South Shore & Michigan Southern line (New York Central Railroad). He used beaux art style to create a simple, yet elegant station befitting the city of Gary growing around it. Steel reinforced concrete made up most of the construction of the two buildings. The main building is 6960 square feet and the freight building is 4000 square feet. The main room is a two storied hall. At the east end of the hall is a staircase to the loading platform on the upper level. Built into a hill, the building is only a single story in the back. A cobblestone driveway led to the south door of the station. Across from the door was a staircase leading to the track level. On the north, there is a tunnel leading under the tracks leading to a stairway to the loading platform. The northside of the express freight terminal has a series of loading dock doors. A red brick road went up the south side of the building and curved around the area to cover the express terminal. The significant features that the location held were cobblestone and brick area in the front of the building, a flat roof, rusticated and raised first story, grand entrances with multiple staircases, arched windows, and symmetry. The sculpted concrete gives the building a grand feel and resembles limestone. The use of the steel reinforced concrete was revolutionary in 1910. Today nearly every public building uses this technique. This method of construction has allowed the Gary Union Station to retain it's integrity decades after being closed in the early 1970s."

So as mentioned above, the Gary Union Station was built in 1910 and has been closed and abandoned since the early 1970s. The location was used in the 1996 film, "Original Gangstas". As I mentioned in the video, this was one of the first abandoned places I visited my first time urban exploring in Gary so this was a treat to actually explore it!

Second video I decided to upload of the three but I do have a NEW school location coming next!