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Vandalia Railway Station, 701 Main Street; Romanesque Revival; 1905/1920 Contributing The building has a four-square appearance with a hipped roof with wide -overhanging eaves. It is two stories tall with a base composed of five courses of rusticated limestone with a sill course on top. Small arched vents are located in the bottom of the base. The outside comers of the base are flared out toward the ground. The walls are composed of burnt -orange colored bricks. The building has 1/1 wood windows. The second floor's windows have full round arches with stone sills. The arches are composed of Roman bricks that are slightly darker in color than the bricks composing the walls. A cornice board is located at the top of the second story's walls. The roof is covered with asphalt shingles. It has wood soffits and copper gutters. The roof has a flat deck on top; the deck has a low parapet covered with copper flashing. Studebaker Administration Buildiniz; 635 South Main Street; Renaissance Revival; 1910. Contributing. Solon S. Bernan, architect. The building fronts three streets, South Main on its east, Bronson on its south, and Lafayette on its west. The south and west walls face the Studebaker manufacturing campus. The building's comers are cutaway to form angled walls. The north wall is adjacent to the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. The building is four stories tall; the bottom two floors compose the building's base. The building's walls are composed of brown colored bricks with stone trim. The walls are divided into multiple bays by two- story arched openings and brick pilasters in the base and upper part of the building. The walls have a stepped parapet with stone coping. A large metal flagpole is centered on the roof above the east and west walls. The roof has a long monitor -type clerestory skylight the running the length of the building from east to west. A massive chimney is centered in the roof. Studebaker Building No. 84, 635 Lafayette Boulevard; 20th century functional; 1945. Contributing Albert Kahn, architect. The building is six stories tall. It has an exposed concrete structural frame. The area framed by the concrete members is filled with bricks and metal windows with concrete sill courses and lintels. Studebaker Building No. 113: 635 Lafayette Boulevard; 20'h century functional; 1945. Contributing Attributed to Albert Kahn, architect. The building is two stories tall. It has an exposed concrete structural frame. The area framed by the concrete members is filled with bricks and metal windows with concrete sill courses and lintels. Studebaker Building No. 112: 600 United Drive; 20'b century functional; 1950. Non-contributing