Kalamazoo Transportation Center
The Amtrak station in Kalamazoo was designed by Cyrus Eidlitz for the Michigan Central Railroad and completed in 1887, a replacement for an 1873 structure. This red brick and sandstone station is in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, with a red-tiled hipped roof. Originally, it consisted of three separate buildings connected with a covered walkway instead of completed corridors as we see today. The main building, 73 feet by 40 feet, held separate men’s and women’s waiting rooms, a ladies’ restroom, ticket office and a conductors’ room on the second floor. A port cochere covered the street entrance. The west building contained the men’s restroom and battery storage room and the east building contained the telegraph and baggage rooms. Today, after renovation and adaptation, the depot serves as a focal piece of the Kalamazoo Transportation Center, and is Michigan’s second-busiest Amtrak station.
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Kalamazoo Transportation Center
The Amtrak station in Kalamazoo was designed by Cyrus Eidlitz for the Michigan Central Railroad and completed in 1887, a replacement for an 1873 structure. This red brick and sandstone station is in the Richardsonian Romanesque style, with a red-tiled hipped roof. Originally, it consisted of three separate buildings connected with a covered walkway instead of completed corridors as we see today. The main building, 73 feet by 40 feet, held separate men’s and women’s waiting rooms, a ladies’ restroom, ticket office and a conductors’ room on the second floor. A port cochere covered the street entrance. The west building contained the men’s restroom and battery storage room and the east building contained the telegraph and baggage rooms. Today, after renovation and adaptation, the depot serves as a focal piece of the Kalamazoo Transportation Center, and is Michigan’s second-busiest Amtrak station.
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