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Building, Birmingham, since 1930

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Birmingham Depot

Still standing, photographed 2015

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot, Birmingham MI, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1930
Style
Tudor Revival
Standing
96 years

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Birmingham Depot has stood on S. Eton St. in Birmingham since 1930, 96 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.

On the map

More photos of Grand Trunk Western Railroad Birmingham Depot

Birmingham, MI Amtrak station, 2008 Photo: Patricia Drury, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The, by then abandoned Grand Trunk Western Depot at Birmingham in 19782002-05- Photo: Hikki Nagasaki, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The passenger bench at the former Amtrak station in Birmingham, Michigan, 2015 Photo: Hikki Nagasaki, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

What is there now

Standing

We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 24, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.

The story

By Victoria Jackson, Editor in Chief Updated

In 1930, as the region worked through hard times and then boomed after the war, Grand Trunk Western Railroad Birmingham Depot opened in Birmingham.

It was built in the Tudor Revival style, and it still reads that way from the sidewalk.

It joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Next time you are nearby, stop at 245 S. Eton St and look up.

The Grand Trunk Western Railroad Birmingham Depot is a former railroad train station located at 245 South Eton Street in Birmingham, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. As of 2022, the building is unoccupied.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1930 Built Tudor Revival
  2. 1985 Listed on the National Register September 12, 1985
  3. 2026 Today 96 years and still standing

Where it is

245 S. Eton St., Birmingham

On this map

  1. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Birmingham Depot This place
  2. Derby Street-Grand Trunk Western Railroad Bridge 0.7 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

More from Birmingham in the 1930s

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. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot, Birmingham MI, 2010 Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Birmingham, MI Amtrak station, 2008 Photo: Patricia Drury, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. The, by then abandoned Grand Trunk Western Depot at Birmingham in 19782002-05- Photo: Hikki Nagasaki, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. The passenger bench at the former Amtrak station in Birmingham, Michigan, 2015 Photo: Hikki Nagasaki, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. The passenger platform at the former Amtrak station in Birmingham, Michigan, 2015 Photo: Hikki Nagasaki, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
  6. A view of the interior of the passenger shelter (Amshak) at the former Amtrak station in Birmingham, Michigan, 2015 Photo: Hikki Nagasaki, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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