{"nrhp_refnum":"75001314","name":"Lake Shore And Michigan Southern Passenger Depot","other_names":["Conneaut Historical Railroad Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"342 Depot St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Conneaut","county":"Ashtabula County","state":"OH","lat":41.949827122000045,"lon":-80.55894550499994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-03-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small stone-and-brick railroad passenger depot at 342 Depot Street in Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio, built in 1900 for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad and now used as a railroad museum.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the depot as an important example of the small railroad passenger station, a building type it describes as rapidly vanishing. It is also significant for its adaptive use as a museum of the three railroads tied to Conneaut's history and economy: the New York Central, the Nickel Plate Road and the Bessemer & Lake Erie.","narrative":"Built in 1900 as the passenger depot of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad, this low stone-and-brick building in Conneaut, Ohio, measures 30 by 100 feet. A broad hipped roof, taller than the walls and carried on wide angle brackets, dominates its profile. Rusticated stone forms the lower walls, brick rises above, and the corners are quoined. Twin doors on each side once led to separate men's and women's waiting rooms, and a projecting bay holds the telegraph office window on the track side. The interior remains largely intact. Plans for a museum began in 1960, and the depot was dedicated in May 1966. It now displays equipment of the New York Central, the Nickel Plate Road and the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad, including steam locomotive #755, a hopper car and a caboose. The depot was listed as a surviving example of the small railroad passenger station and for its museum reuse.","period_of_significance":"20th Century (specific date 1900)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Jacobethan elements (per the later data sheet)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Excellent condition and altered; in use as the Conneaut Historical Railroad Museum, leased by the City of Conneaut and operated by a railway historical society chapter. Dedicated as a museum in May 1966.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.219709-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/75001314.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001314/fb08efd856-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001314/fb08efd856-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Alfredtwo","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Conneaut_Depot.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Alfredtwo</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Conneaut_Depot.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71986665","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conneaut_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20711113"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/ashtabula-county/lake-shore-and-michigan-southern-passenger-depot-75001314/"}