Mentor station

Mentor is a former railroad depot located on Station Street in Mentor, Ohio. The station opened in 1890. A defunct New York Central freight house is located across the tracks from the depot. The depot is currently open and used by a restaurant. Mentor station is on the National Register of Historic Places as the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern RR Depot and Freight House.

Mentor
Deekers Sidetracks in August 2018
Location8445 Station Street
Mentor, Ohio 44060
Coordinates41.6789°N 81.3383°W / 41.6789; -81.3383
Owned byLake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway (1890 – 1914)
New York Central (1914 – 19??)
Tracks2
Other information
Websitehttp://www.deekerssidetracks.com
History
Opened1890
Closed1949
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Reynolds
toward Chicago
 Main Line Heisley
toward New York
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern RR Depot and Freight House
LocationStation Street Mentor, Ohio
Coordinates41.6789°N 81.3383°W / 41.6789; -81.3383
AreaLess than 1 acre (0.4 ha)
Built1890
ArchitectUnknown
Architectural styleVernacular[1]
NRHP reference No.75001389[2]
Added to NRHPJanuary 31, 1978

History

The passenger depot was opened in 1890 by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, replacing an older depot on the same line. The station was acquired by the New York Central Railroad after merging with the LS&MS in 1914. Passenger service to Mentor ended in 1949.

Deekers Sidetracks (alternatively known as Deekers Bar & Grille) opened in August 2007. Deekers is the latest in a string of restaurants to be located in the old depot.[3]

Train derailment

On June 21, 1905 at 9:05pm, an eastbound LS&MS-operated 20th Century Limited train hit an open switch near the depot. The resulting crash destroyed the old freight depot, and caused the deaths of 19 people on the train.[4]

Following the destruction of the LS&MS freight depot, a new freight house was built in 1909.[5]

References
  1. Pohl, Kathie (1997). Mentor: The First 200 Years. Mentor Bicentennial Committee/Old Mentor Foundation. p. 185.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. "Deekers Sidetracks". Deekers Bar and Grille. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  4. Pohl, Kathie (1997). Mentor: The First 200 Years. Mentor Bicentennial Committee/Old Mentor Foundation. pp. 85, 86, 87.
  5. West, Dan. "Lake County". Ohio Railroad Stations Past & Present. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
Inside the restaurant. Note the east side of the Depot is now indoors.
The adjacent freight house
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