Saturday, April 12, 2025

Lake Odessa, MI: 1888 Museum/C&O/PM Depot and Freight House

Original Depot Location: (Satellite)
Current Depot Location: (Satellite)

Street View, Sep 2022
 
TririverMuseums
The depot was moved in 1988 and opened as a museum in 1995. "The complex also offers the Freight House Museum."

Is the white building on the left side of this view the former freight house? It doesn't look like a freight house.
Edward Gross, Oct 2012

Lost In Michigan posted
This beautiful wooden depot in Lake Odessa was built in 1888.  The depot was originally the property of the Detroit, Lansing, and Northern Railroad and eventually become part of the C&O Railroad. The depot served Lake Odessa for over 82 years until the last tickets were sold to passengers in 1971. The building unique because it is the only Russian Ornate-style depot in the state of Michigan. In 1987 the railroad sold the depot to the historical society which uses it as a museum.
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Jim Kelling shared
Odessa Michigan (1888)
It’s been moved to a park in town.

Apr 1, 1974 @ 20,000; AR1VDCB00010062


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