Michigan Central Railroad Depot - Ann Arbor, Michigan
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N 42° 17.225 W 083° 44.504
17T E 273951 N 4685292
The old Michigan Central Train station is now a restaurant called the Gandy Dancer.
Waymark Code: WM8BZ6
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 03/09/2010
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The state of Michigan Historic Preservation website at (
visit link) tells us:
"The Michigan Central Railroad Depot is a massive, two-and-one-half story rectangular Richardsonian Romanesque structure. Walls of variegated stone are topped by a gable-on-hip-roof broken by various parapeted cross-gables and eyelid dormers. One end of the building features cross-gables and a hip-roofed square tower. The entrance facade includes a central, projecting gabled bay with a large horseshoe shaped doorway. Two similarly designed but smaller outbuildings are located nearby.
The Ann Arbor Michigan Central Depot was the most important passenger station for the Michigan Central Railroad along the route connecting Detroit and Chicago. Constructed in 1886 from plans by one of Detroit's premier architectural firms, Spier and Rohns, the depot was considered to be the Michigan Central's finest station between Buffalo and Chicago. Currently a restaurant named the Gandy Dancer, the building has undergone few alterations and is well maintained."