Michigan Central Railroad Station, c. 1909

dc.coverage.temporal	Battle Creek. Michigan, circa 1909	en_US
dc.identifier.other	LPC-030-043-003	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/12430
dc.description	Postcard showing a photo of the Michigan Central Railroad Depot, c. 1909. The Ward Monument can be seen in the center foreground.The station opened on July 27, 1888. Rogers and McFarlane of Detroit designed the depot, one of several Richardsonian Romanesque-style stations between Detroit and Chicago built in the late nineteenth century. Thomas Edison as well as Presidents William Howard Taft and Gerald Ford visited there. 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. Since 1992 the building has been used as a restaurant. Caption on front: Mich. Central Depot Battle Creek, Mich. Written on back: Jan 7 '09 Dear Baby Hope this will find all well. I am feeling better but have an awful cold yet. Rec'd a card for Aunt Fay today. Lovingly [illegible] Sent to: Fern Sanford Albion Mich c/o [illegible] Route 8 Sent on: January 8, 1909	en_US
dc.format.medium	b&w postcard	en_US
dc.language.iso	En	en_US
dc.subject	Railroads and Depots - Michigan Central	en_US
dc.subject	Monuments and Markers - Ward Monument	en_US
dc.subject	Grand Trunk Railroad, Michigan Central Railroad, Train Wrecks	en_US
dc.title	Michigan Central Railroad Station, c. 1909	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US