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Building, Howell, since 1886

Ann Arbor Railway Station

Still standing, photographed 2023

Ann ArborRR Depot, Howell MI, 2011 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1886
Standing
140 years

The Ann Arbor Railway Station has stood on Wetmore Street in Howell since 1886, 140 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Ann Arbor Railway Station

Howell Train Depot by Joshua Young, 2014 Photo: Joshuay04, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ann Arbor Railway Howell Depot, 2023 Photo: Notorious4life (Uploads), CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ann Arbor Railway Howell Depot, 2023 Photo: Notorious4life (Uploads), CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is there now

Standing

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

In 1886, as railroads, lumber and farm money built the region's main streets, the Ann Arbor Railway Station opened in Howell.

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1971.

Go see it at 126 Wetmore Street. Photos never get the scale right.

The Ann Arbor Railway Howell Depot is a railroad depot located at 128 Wetmore Street in Howell, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. The depot is currently used as the Howell Depot Museum.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1886 Built
  2. 1971 Listed on the National Register May 6, 1971
  3. 2026 Today 140 years and still standing

Where it is

126 Wetmore Street, Howell

On this map

  1. Ann Arbor Railway Station This place
  2. Howell Downtown Historic District 0.1 mi
  3. John H. and Martha Durfee Galloway House 0.2 mi
  4. Livingston County Courthouse 0.2 mi
  5. William K. and Nellie (Harper) Sexton House 0.7 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

More from Howell in the 1880s

Around the block

Photo credits

Every photo on this page is used under its license, named here with its author and a link to the original.

  1. Ann ArborRR Depot, Howell MI, 2011 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Howell Train Depot by Joshua Young, 2014 Photo: Joshuay04, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Ann Arbor Railway Howell Depot, 2023 Photo: Notorious4life (Uploads), CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Ann Arbor Railway Howell Depot, 2023 Photo: Notorious4life (Uploads), CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Historic Train Depot Tour by Joshua Young, 2014 Photo: Joshuay04, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. Ann Arbor Railway Howell Depot, 2023 Photo: Notorious4life (Uploads), CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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