Description:
Color Postcard showing a photo of the Michigan Central Railroad Depot, c. 1915. 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: M. C. Depot. Battle Creek, Mich.
Written on back: Battle Creek, Mich. Sept 26, 1915. Dear cousin I sat myself to wright you a few lines to let you now that we are all well and hope that this will finde you all the same We are building a school house this summer and will be ready to move in in about to weeks A home of our own the number of it will be 336 South Ave hoping to hear from you soon as ever yours [illegible]
Sent to: Miss Fay Jennings Huntington, Ind. R.R. #2
Sent on: September 26, 1915