Mulberry Grove, IL: Lost/Pennsy Depot

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National Road Association of Illinois posted two photos with the comment:

Here are two different views of the depot in Mulberry Grove. Mulberry Grove has existed under the names Bucktown, Houston, and Shakerag. A post office was established in 1834, and Mulberry Grove was incorporated as a village in 1857. The depot was associated with the Vandalia Railroad which ran east and west through Illinois. When was the depot demolished? Some of the depots still exist like in Greenville. 

The Vandalia Railroad Company was incorporated on January 1, 1905, by a merger of several lines in Indiana and Illinois that formed a 471-mile railroad consisting of lines mostly west of Indianapolis.

On January 1, 1917, the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway (the Panhandle) which the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) had acquired in 1868, was merged into the Vandalia Railroad to form the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad. This gave the PRR a direct route from New York City to St. Louis. In 1968, PRR merged with the New York Central (NYC) to become Penn Central (PC) and in 1976, becoming part of Conrail (CR). Much of the North-South line was abandoned with the Conrail formation but parts of the East-West line survive as part of CSX Transportation.

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Dennis DeBruler commented on Richard's shared
I wonder if there is any foundation left under that exuberance of nature, https://maps.app.goo.gl/XgkTJ7beSHtUy65B9.

Richard Fiedler: Dennis DeBruler depends if it had concrete or a stone foundation. In the late 80’s there was an antique shop in town that had one of the wood station signs, but I don’t know what happened to it.

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

This map marks the depot a little west of its actual location.

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