Michigan Central Railroad Depot (Battle Creek, Michigan)
Penn Central Railway Station
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The old Michigan Central Depot in Battle Creek, Michigan
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Location | 44 McCamly Street N. Battle Creek, Michigan |
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Built | 1888 |
Architect | Rogers and MacFarlane |
Architectural style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
NRHP Reference # | 71000384 |
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Added to NRHP | April 16, 1971 |
Designated MSHS | November 6, 1970[1] |
The Michigan Central Railroad Depot (listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Penn Central Railway Station) opened on July 27, 1888, in Battle Creek, MI. Rogers and MacFarlane of Detroit designed the depot, one of several Richardsonian Romanesque-style stations between Detroit and Chicago in the late nineteenth century. Thomas Edison as well as Presidents William Howard Taft and Gerald Ford visited here. The depot was acquired by the New York Central Railroad in 1918, Penn Central in 1968 and Amtrak in 1970. The depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
Masonry of Lake Superior red sandstone, noted for its distinctive patterns, provides one of the most striking aspects of the Depot’s exterior. Another prominent feature of the Depot is its clock tower.
In 1982, Amtrak moved operations to a newer facility located five blocks to the south on the Grand Trunk Western Railroad line, as part of a line consolidation that saw Conrail's ex-New York Central line through downtown closed and removed. The current Amtrak station services the Detroit to Chicago, and the Port Huron, MI to Chicago routes. The Michigan Central Depot sat empty for seven years.
In 1989 restaurateurs Peter Jubeck and Ross Simpson purchased the depot and transformed it into a restaurant named Clara’s on the River which opened June 8, 1992.[2] Clara's on the River is a sister restaurant to Clara's Lansing Station, located in the Union Depot (Lansing, Michigan).
Photo gallery
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Clara's on the River, Battle Creek, MI.
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Patio view.
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Clock Tower
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Michigan Central Depot Post Card Battle Creek MI.jpg
Post Card, Michigan Central Depot, Battle Creek, MI.
References
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- ↑ Official page of Clara's on the River
External links
- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Michigan Historical Marker Site
- Official page of Clara's on the River
- Official Facebook Page of Clara's on the River
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Preceding station | New York Central Railroad | Following station | ||
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toward Chicago
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Michigan Central Railroad Main Line |
toward Detroit
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- Pages with broken file links
- Railway stations opened in 1888
- Railway stations closed in 1982
- Battle Creek, Michigan
- Michigan State Historic Sites
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan
- Stations along Michigan Central Railroad lines
- Former Amtrak stations in Michigan
- Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Michigan
- Buildings and structures in Calhoun County, Michigan
- Transportation in Calhoun County, Michigan