Here is another post I made in 2006:
Does anyone besides me remember the long hitching rail on South Wabash?
The rail was three or four feet high and used for tying up horses when their owner visited town. It looked like a hitching rack in the western movies but was thinner and made of iron.
It was located on Wabash across the street from the pizza place and was not used very often, but I recall seeing both saddle horses and teams tied there.
I want to say the rack disappeared in the 70's but not sure.