The Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad Depot, is a former railway station in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The original station was built on the site in 1870 by the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad. A fire destroyed the building in 1874 and the present structure was built as its replacement.[1] It was later used by the Pennsylvania Railroad and saw passenger service as a stop of the Northern Arrow.[2]
Kalamazoo | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 The station building in 2014 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 402 East Michigan Ave. Kalamazoo, Michigan | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1870 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1874 | ||||||||||
| Original company | Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Designated | March 2, 1976 | ||||||||||
The building was designated a Michigan State Historic Site on March 2, 1976.
The station building is designed in an Italian Revival style.[3]
References
edit- ^ Meints, Graydon (December 1979). "The Kalamazoo Seven". The Inside Track. Retrieved July 8, 2023 – via michiganrailroads.com.
- ^ "Pennsylvania timetable" (PDF). August 6, 1950 Table 22
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ "Grand Rapids and Indiana Line Station". Kalamazoo Public Library. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
42°17′35″N 85°34′43″W / 42.29295°N 85.57858°W
  | This Michigan train station-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |