Fort Harrison Terminal Station, also known as Fort Harrison Post Office, is a historic

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located at

Fort Benjamin Harrison Fort Benjamin Harrison was a U.S. Army post located in suburban Lawrence Township, Marion County, Indiana, northeast of Indianapolis, between 1906 and 1991. It is named for the 23rd United States president, Benjamin Harrison. History In 190 ...

in suburban Lawrence Township,

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, northeast of

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. It was built in 1908, and is a one-story, brick building with

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and

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style design elements. It has a low, double pitched hipped roof sheathed in metal. It served as a terminal for the

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Union Traction Company until 1941, after which it housed a U.S. Post Office. ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs It has been converted into a Mexican restaurant. It was added to the

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in 1984. It was additionally deemed a

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of the Fort Benjamin Harrison Historic District upon its designation in 1995.

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