Dowagiac station

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.

Dowagiac, MI
Trackside view of Dowagiac's historic former Michigan Central Railroad Depot
Location200 Depot Drive
Dowagiac, MI 49047
Line(s)Michigan Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
ParkingYes; Free
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeDOA
History
Opened1903
Rebuilt1995
Passengers
20184,975[1]  8.81%
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Niles
toward Chicago
 Blue Water Kalamazoo
toward Port Huron
Wolverine Kalamazoo
toward Pontiac
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Niles
toward Chicago
 International Kalamazoo
toward Toronto
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Pokagon
toward Chicago
 Michigan Central Railroad
Main Line
 Decatur
toward Buffalo
Michigan Central Railroad Dowagiac Depot
Location within the state of Michigan
Dowagiac station (the United States)
LocationDowagiac, Michigan, USA
Coordinates41°58′51″N 86°6′32″W
Built1903
Built byM. J. Rogers
Architectlikely Spier and Rohns[2]
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.93001349[3]
Added to NRHP1993

It is served by Amtrak's Blue Water and Wolverine trains and was formerly a stop for the International Limited. The Limited commenced service from Chicago to Toronto in 1982, and was discontinued in 2004. It was a joint operation by Via Rail and Amtrak.[4]

History
Passenger Depot, Michigan Central Railroad in 1908 Sanborn Fire Insurance map

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 1870s station, is the third constructed by the Michigan Railroad in Dowagiac.[2] 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.[2] 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, FY2018, State of Michigan" (PDF). Amtrak. June 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. "Michigan Central Railroad Dowagiac Depot". Michigan State Housing Development Authority. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  4. Matt Melzer (23 April 2004). TrainWeb.org http://www.trainweb.com/travelogues/mattmelzer/2004d21a.html. From 1982, Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada had jointly operated the International train between Chicago and Toronto Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. Louis Van Winkle (December 2003). "Dowagiac". Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  6. Steven Arseneau; Ann Thompson (2005), Dowagiac, Arcadia Publishing, p. 11, ISBN 9780738534220

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