The End of the Line

Built in 1904, the Michigan Central Railroad depot on Grosse Ile served local people traveling to work, school, or shopping in Detroit, and it also welcomed summer tourists. Clues to its railroad past remain in the flat ground where the track used to be and the angled windows that let the station master watch trains come and go. In 1909, three rail round-trips per day ran between Grosse Ile Depot and Michigan Central station in Detroit. After railroad service ended in the 1920s, the building continued to serve island residents as a school, gift shop, Township Hall, school board office, and library, and since 1967 it has been the Grosse Ile Historical Society's museum.

Grosse Ile, Michigan · United States