Beecher, IL: 1881 C&EI Depot

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This depot was built in 1881. It was moved to Monee for a few decades, and then it was moved back to Beecher. [rypn]

Bill Molony posted
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad depot at Beecher - circa 1905.
This depot was built by C&EI predecessor Chicago, Danville & Vincennes Railroad - circa 1873.

Andy Zukowski posted
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois RR Depot in Beecher, Illinois.  C.1910    Photo by C.R.Childs
Richard Fiedler shared

Erik Gardner commented on Andy's post
[The Big Boy went through town in the Summer of 2024.]

Street View

Street View

Two of the seven photos posted by Crete Township Pictures, Illinois with the comment: "The Beecher C&EI Depot before it was moved to the John Thompson Farm in Monee."

[I chose the two photos that have the grain elevator in the background.]

Chuck Bowi shared with the comment: "c. 1973-74."

Dennis DeBruler: On Google Earth, the depot and caboose show up between Apr 1998 and Mar 2002.

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[This must have been a storage shed that was north of the depot.]

Bob Kalal commented on Chuck's share
went thru there back in 2018.

Crete Township Pictures, Illinois posted
The Beecher Depot on the Pauling Road bridge over Rt. 50, being moved back to Beecher from the John Thompson farm in Monee.

I was surprised that there were no back rectangles along the tracks.

1953 Beecher West Quad @ 24,000

An old aerial photo shows that there should have been some. The depot was east of the tracks, and there are multiple rectangles west of the tracks.

The move to Monee and back explains why it used to be parallel to the tracks but is now parallel to the road.

1939 Aerial Photo via ILHAP