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Detroit - Michigan Central Railroad Depot - Jefferson Avenue - 1900 Poster
by John Madison
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Detroit - Michigan Central Railroad Depot - Jefferson Avenue - 1900 poster by John Madison. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Michigan Central Depot
“The Michigan Central Railroad Depot was the company’s second station in Detroit, opening on the southwest corner of Third and West Jefferson avenues in 1884. The Romanesque Revival structure cost about $1 million to build (about $21 million in today’s dollars).
Newspaper articles at the time deemed the depot the pride of Detroit. Numerous turrets made it look like a medieval castle and the waiting rooms — there was a separate waiting room for ladies — had marble floors. Its massive clock towered above everything around it.
The depot was designed by Cyrus L.W. Eidlitz, the architect responsible for One Times Square in New York City and the Dearborn Station (aka Polk Street Station) in Chicago,which opened two years after the MCRR station.
The brick-and-stone structure was the point of arrival and departure for all trains of the New York Central lines and connected with the Canadian division by ferry and tunnel. The thriving rai...
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