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Building, Port Huron, since 1858

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot

Still standing, photographed 2025

Thomas Edison Depot Museum under the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Michigan, 2006 Photo: PaulG5372, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Opened
1858
Style
Italian Villa
Standing
168 years

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot has stood on Thomas Edison Parkway in Port Huron since 1858, 168 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 Depot

Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot (Port Huron, Michigan), 2012 Photo: Notorious4life, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Thomas Edison at Grand Trunk, 2025 Photo: Notorious4life (Uploads), CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Thomas Edison statue at Port Huron, 2021 Photo: Faizmomen, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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 1858, in the years when roads in from Detroit were plank and mud, Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot opened in Port Huron.

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

The National Register of Historic Places listed it in 1977.

Next time you are nearby, stop at 510 Thomas Edison Parkway and look up.

The Thomas Edison Depot Museum (previously the Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot) is a former railway depot located at 520 State Street in Port Huron, Michigan. It has been converted into a museum. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Timeline

  1. 1858 Built Italian Villa
  2. 1977 Listed on the National Register April 13, 1977
  3. 2026 Today 168 years and still standing

Where it is

510 Thomas Edison Parkway, Port Huron

On this map

  1. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot This place
  2. Fort Gratiot 0.3 mi
  3. Fort Gratiot Lighthouse 0.6 mi
  4. Huron (lightship) 0.7 mi

Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors

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. Thomas Edison Depot Museum under the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Michigan, 2006 Photo: PaulG5372, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  2. Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot (Port Huron, Michigan), 2012 Photo: Notorious4life, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  3. Thomas Edison at Grand Trunk, 2025 Photo: Notorious4life (Uploads), CC0 1.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  4. Thomas Edison statue at Port Huron, 2021 Photo: Faizmomen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  5. Herald newspaper, published by Thomas Edison for use aboard the Grand Trunk railway between Detroit and Port Huron..., 1862 Photo: Thomas Edison, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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