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Union Depot (Lansing, Michigan)
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The Union Depot is a former train station
in Lansing, Michigan
. The Union Depot began passenger service for the Michigan Central
and Pere Marquette Railroads in 1902. The Detroit architectural firm of Spier and Rohns
, which planned many Michigan Central stations, designed the building with Chateauesque conical towers and cut stone arches. The depot closed in 1972.
In 1978, restaurateur Peter Jubeck
bought the building and transformed it into Clara's Lansing Station. Retaining the quarter-sawn oak interior and installing locally crafted stained glass windows, the restaurant has a unique and historical atmosphere.
In 1999, an old passenger rail car was renovated and attached to the building, adding more space and more atmosphere.
Clara's Lansing Station is a sister restaurant of Clara's on the River located in the Michigan Central Railroad Depot (Battle Creek, Michigan)
.
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
in Lansing, Michigan
Lansing, Michigan
Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although small portions of the city extend into Eaton County. The 2010 Census places the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan...
. The Union Depot began passenger service for the Michigan Central
Michigan Central Railroad
The Michigan Central Railroad was originally incorporated in 1846 to establish rail service between Detroit, Michigan and St. Joseph, Michigan. The railroad later operated in the states of Michigan, Indiana, and Illinois in the United States, and the province of Ontario in Canada...
and Pere Marquette Railroads in 1902. The Detroit architectural firm of Spier and Rohns
Spier and Rohns
Spier & Rohns was a noted Detroit architectural firm operated by Frederick Spier and W. C. Rohns, best remembered for designs of churches and railroad stations...
, which planned many Michigan Central stations, designed the building with Chateauesque conical towers and cut stone arches. The depot closed in 1972.
In 1978, restaurateur Peter Jubeck
Peter Jubeck
-Pizza King and Sir Pizza:Beginning in 1962, and while attending Ball State, Jubeck worked at Pizza King , a local pizza eatery owned by the Swartz family. Robert W. Swartz, worked in his mom and dad's pizza place, located in Muncie, Indiana...
bought the building and transformed it into Clara's Lansing Station. Retaining the quarter-sawn oak interior and installing locally crafted stained glass windows, the restaurant has a unique and historical atmosphere.
In 1999, an old passenger rail car was renovated and attached to the building, adding more space and more atmosphere.
Clara's Lansing Station is a sister restaurant of Clara's on the River located in the Michigan Central Railroad Depot (Battle Creek, Michigan)
Michigan Central Railroad Depot (Battle Creek, Michigan)
The Michigan Central Railroad Depot opened on July 27, 1888, in Battle Creek, MI. Rogers and MacFarlane of Detroit designed the depot, one of several Richardsonian Romanesque-style stations between Detroit and Chicago in the late nineteenth century...
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