Dearborn/Van Buren (36W/400S)
Dearborn Street and Van Buren Street, Loop

Service Notes:

Loop

Quick Facts:

Address: TBD
Established: October 3, 1897
Original Lines: Union Elevated Railroad
Previous Names: none
Skip-Stop Type: n/a
Rebuilt: n/a
Status: Demolished

History:

Originally all four sides of the Loop had three stations. This was one of the three of south leg. Its Colonial Revival-esque architecture was characteristic of those on the Van Buren side, which also consisted of State/Van Buren (long demolished, but recently replaced) and LaSalle/Van Buren (the only original Van Buren station left). The interior likely consisted of tongue-in-groove paneling on the bottom of the walls and pressed tin on the top and ceilings.

As part of an ongoing platform lengthening effort, the platforms of State and Dearborn had been lengthened to the point of connecting, creating a station referred to as State/Dearborn. By 1930, all three Van Buren stations had been lengthened to the point of being continuous from State to LaSalle (but, at the same time, Dearborn seems to have also regained its individual identity).

In 1949, Dearborn/Van Buren was closed, removed in one of the CTA's many early service revision. It's station house and platforms, however, were retained and integrated into the adjacent State/Van Buren station one block east. It remained as such for several decades until its closure and demolition.