Station: Mason, MI (Ingham County)

MC Mason MI Depot with train MC Mason MI Depot MC Mason MI Depot MC Mason MI Depot Mason MI Interurban Depot Mason was settled about 1836 as Mason Center nine miles south of downtown Lansing on the Michigan Central's Saginaw Branch. A sawmill was located here. It became the county seat of Ingham County in 1840. Mason became a village in 1865 and a city in 1875. [MPN]

Photo info: Top, A 1908 photo of the Michigan Central Mason depot with No. 8203 a 4-6-0 Schenectady-built Class F-81a pulling a freight train through town. Note the crossing watchman in the foreground of the photo. The 8203 was built in November, 1889 and scrapped by the MC in April, 1922. [Mark Worrall collection]. 2nd photo, the NYC depot at Mason in 1983. [Charlie Whipp]. 3rd photo, an older photograph. [Alan Loftis collection]. 4th photo, the former depot in 2003, now used as a restaurant. [Alan Loftis]. 5th photo, a postcard view of the Mason Interurban Depot, date not known.


Notes


Time Line

1902. A new passenger station is built here by the MC, at a cost of $7,650. [MCR-1902]

1917. The MC had an operator-agent here around-the-clock. [TRT]


Industry

  • Lansing Ice and Fuel. Leased property on Ash Street in 1938. Established coal yards and ice business near Mason's new post office. [LSJ-1938-1120]

Bibliography

The following sources are utilized in this website. [SOURCE-YEAR-MMDD-PG]:

  • [AAB| = All Aboard!, by Willis Dunbar, Eerdmans Publishing, Grand Rapids ©1969.
  • [AAN] = Alpena Argus newspaper.
  • [AARQJ] = American Association of Railroads Quiz Jr. pamphlet. © 1956
  • [AATHA] = Ann Arbor Railroad Technical and Historical Association newsletter "The Double A"
  • [AB] = Information provided at Michigan History Conference from Andrew Bailey, Port Huron, MI

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