Mentor station
Mentor | |||||||||||
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.jpg) Deekers Sidetracks in August 2018 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 8445 Station Street Mentor, Ohio 44060 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°40′44″N 81°20′18″W / 41.6789°N 81.3383°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway (1890 – 1914) New York Central (1914 – 19??) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Website | http://www.deekerssidetracks.com | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1890 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1949 | ||||||||||
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Lake Shore and Michigan Southern RR Depot and Freight House | |||||||||||
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| Location | Station Street Mentor, Ohio | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°40′44″N 81°20′18″W / 41.6789°N 81.3383°W | ||||||||||
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.4 ha) | ||||||||||
| Built | 1890 | ||||||||||
| Architect | Unknown | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Vernacular[2] | ||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 75001389[1] | ||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | January 31, 1978 | ||||||||||
Mentor is a former railroad depot located on Station Street in Mentor, Ohio. The station opened in 1890. A defunct New York Central freight house is located across the tracks from the depot. The depot is currently open and used by a restaurant. Mentor station is on the National Register of Historic Places as the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern RR Depot and Freight House.
History
The passenger depot was opened in 1890 by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, replacing an older depot on the same line. The station was acquired by the New York Central Railroad after merging with the LS&MS in 1914. Passenger service to Mentor ended in 1949.
Deekers Sidetracks (alternatively known as Deekers Bar & Grille) opened in August 2007. Deekers is the latest in a string of restaurants to be located in the old depot.[3]
Train derailment
On June 21, 1905 at 9:05pm, an eastbound LS&MS-operated 20th Century Limited train hit an open switch near the depot. The resulting crash destroyed the old freight depot, and caused the deaths of 19 people on the train.[4]
Following the destruction of the LS&MS freight depot, a new freight house was built in 1909.[5]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Pohl, Kathie (1997). Mentor: The First 200 Years. Mentor Bicentennial Committee/Old Mentor Foundation. p. 185.
- ^ "Deekers Sidetracks". Deekers Bar and Grille. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- ^ Pohl, Kathie (1997). Mentor: The First 200 Years. Mentor Bicentennial Committee/Old Mentor Foundation. pp. 85, 86, 87.
- ^ West, Dan. "Lake County". Ohio Railroad Stations Past & Present. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
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