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Dowagiac
Trackside view of Dowagiac's historic former Michigan Central Railroad Depot
General information
Location200 Depot Drive
Dowagiac, MI 49047
Line(s)Michigan Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes; Free
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeDOA
History
Opened1903
Rebuilt1995
Passengers
20134,108[1] Increase 9.8%
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
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  Former services  
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NYC
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Michigan Central Railroad Dowagiac Depot
Dowagiac station is located in Michigan
Dowagiac station
Location within the state of Michigan
LocationDowagiac, Michigan, USA
Built1903
Built byM. J. Rogers
Architectlikely Spier and Rohns[3]
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.93001349[2]
Added to NRHP1993

Dowagiac is a train station in Dowagiac, Michigan, served by Amtrak, the United States' railroad passenger system. The station was built by the Michigan Central Railroad in 1902, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

It is served by Amtrak's Template:Amtrak lines and Template:Amtrak lines trains and was formerly a stop for the International Limited, which had started in 1982 as joint operation by Via Rail and Amtrak between Chicago and Toronto, and was discontinued in 2004.[4]

History

The Michigan Central Railroad built a set of tracks providing passenger service through Dowagiac in 1848.[5] A new depot was constructed in the 1870s.[6] The current station, replacing the 1970s station, is the third constructed by the Michigan Railroad in Dowagiac.[3] The architect for the station is not documented, but is almost certainly the firm of Spier and Rohns. The railway hired contractor M. J. Rogers of Detroit to supervise construction. The building was completed in 1903, and has remained in use as a passenger station since that time. A restoration project took place in 1995.[5]

Description

The depot is a single-story brick Tudor Revival structure trimmed with limestone.[3] The depot consists of two hip roof buildings, one for passengers and one for baggage, connected with a gable roof canopy supported by metal columns. The passenger station has a square two-story tower projecting from the street side and a projecting octagonal ticket office on the track side. The station is accessed through a port cochere and glassed-in entry porch. Hip roof dormers are placed on the roof, and rows of square head windows line the sides of both the passenger station and baggage depot.

References

  1. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, FY2013, State of Michigan" (PDF). Amtrak. November 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c "Michigan Central Railroad Dowagiac Depot". Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  4. ^ Matt Melzer (23 April 2004). "http://www.trainweb.com/travelogues/mattmelzer/2004d21a.html". TrainWeb.org. Retrieved August 2015. From 1982, Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada had jointly operated the International train between Chicago and Toronto {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); External link in |title= (help)
  5. ^ a b Louis Van Winkle (December 2003). "Dowagiac". Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  6. ^ Steven Arseneau; Ann Thompson (2005), Dowagiac, Arcadia Publishing, p. 11, ISBN 9780738534220
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