Mentor | |||||||||||
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Station building in April 2024 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 8445 Station Street Mentor, Ohio 44060 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°40′44″N81°20′18″W / 41.6789°N 81.3383°W /41.6789; -81.3383 | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway (1890 – 1914) New York Central (1914 – 19??) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Architectural style | Vernacular[1] | ||||||||||
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| Website | http://www.deekerssidetracks.com | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | c. 1870-1874 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1948 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1890 | ||||||||||
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Lake Shore and Michigan Southern RR Depot and Freight House | |||||||||||
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.4 ha) | ||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 78002092[2] | ||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | January 31, 1978 | ||||||||||
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Mentor is a former railroad depot located on Station Street inMentor,Ohio. The station opened in 1890. A defunctNew 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 theLake Shore and Michigan Southern RR Depot and Freight House.
The passenger depot was opened in 1890 by theLake 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 summer 1948. A variety of restaurants has been located in the old depot since then, including Gatsby's, Deeker's, and All Aboard.[citation needed]
On June 21, 1905, at 9:05pm, an eastbound LS&MS-operated20th Century Limited trainhit an open switch near the depot. The resulting crash destroyed the old freight depot, and caused the deaths of 21 people on the train.[3]
Following the destruction of the LS&MS freight depot, a new freight house was built in 1909.[4]