Station: North Adams, MI

North Adams MI depotNorth Adams MI depotNorth Adams MI depotNorth Adams was settled around 1835 with a tavern and was called Cutler's Corners. It was renamed North Adams in 1850. The town was a station stop on the Detroit Hillsdale & Southwestern railroad and is about six miles northeast of Hillsdale in Hillsdale County. It became a village in 1881. [MPN]

Photo Info: Top, a 2002 view of a building which may have been a depot or freight house in North Adams, depending on the time of the photograph. [Alan Loftis], 2nd photo shows both a new passenger depot (on the left) and the other taller building on the right. [Alan Loftis collection], 3rd photo, another view of the depot at North Adams under Detroit, Hillsdale and Southwestern railroad ownership. [Alan Loftis collection]


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Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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