Built in the late 1800's for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR. the station served the village for decades until changing traffic patterns and a drop off in passengers and freight resulted in the station shuttering it's doors. It could have become like so many other stations around Illinois, sitting neglected and forlorn in a tall jumble of weeds or torn down in the name of 'Progress' but a committee was formed to save the historic little depot as it is the last one of its kind in Carroll county.
And so in 1986 the depot was moved from it's original site to a spot a short distance away with an addition being built in 1989 that included more exhibition space and public bathrooms. It's open Fridays thru Sundays from May thru October 1-4 pm.
If you ever have a chance to visit the village, stop and explore this unique little depot, one of only a handful left.
