Worth, IL: Metra/Wabash Depots

Original: (Satellite, it was bought and moved by an agent who used to work there.)

Current: (Satellite)

The street view of the original depot appears to be censored.

William Shapotkin posted two photos with the comment:

Got out to Worth, IL today (09/26) to follow up on a lead into history. Shown here is the original Chicago & Strawn (Wabash predecessor) depot at Worth, IL. The structure, which dates back to 1880 (although one source said 1879) is the last surviving Chicago & Strawn depot in existence.

As told to be by Richard Fiedler, "Mary Marrs (who was the agent at Worth) bought it and had it moved and made it a home for herself and her mother. A second larger wood depot to a standard Wabash design was built there around 1905 thus making the original depot surplus. Her mother was the original agent at Palos. Neither were telegraphers so they only worked non telegraph agencies like Worth, Palos, and Oak Lawn. Mary’s husband died of the Spanish flu in WW1 and never remarried."

The address is 7132 W 110th St in Worth. Picture 1 looks N-N/E. Picture 2 looks N-N/W. My thanks to Richard Fiedler and Jimmy Fiedler for telling me where to find this building and for the historical details surrounding same. Wm Shapotkin Photos.

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Street View, Nov 2019