Railway Express Agency Building

	Railway Express Agency Building
	Formerly listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The building in July 2013, shortly before its demolition
Location	1804 Western Ave., Mattoon, Illinois
Coordinates	39°28′59″N 88°22′36″W / 39.48306°N 88.37667°W
Area	less than one acre
Architectural style	Early Commercial
NRHP reference No.	94000974
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 16, 1994
Removed from NRHP	January 2, 2020

The Railway Express Agency Building was a historic building located at 1804 Western Avenue in Mattoon, Illinois. The building was constructed in 1918 to serve as the Mattoon office of the Railway Express Agency. The Railway Express Agency provided rail express shipping services to Mattoon's citizens, allowing them to ship money and packages along Mattoon's two major railways, the Illinois Central Railroad and Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis (Big Four). The agency formed in 1917, when the federal government ordered that all existing express services consolidate into a single service; this measure ensured consistent shipping of goods during World War I. The agency shipped goods to and from Mattoon until 1964, when the Big Four went bankrupt; the building served as a freight depot until 1971.^[2]

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 16, 1994.^[1] It fell into disrepair due to disuse, however, and was demolished in July 2013.^[3] It was delisted in 2020.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Slaughter, Patrick J. (April 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Railway Express Agency Building" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2014.
^ Zyskowski, Kayleigh. "Once 'very busy' freight site torn down near midtown Mattoon". Journal Gazette & Times-Courier. Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2014.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] Slaughter, Patrick J. (April 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Railway Express Agency Building" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2014. Retrieved March 19, 2014.

[3] Zyskowski, Kayleigh. "Once 'very busy' freight site torn down near midtown Mattoon". Journal Gazette & Times-Courier. Archived from the original on August 8, 2013. Retrieved March 19, 2014.

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