{"nrhp_refnum":"89001014","name":"Stryker Depot","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N. Depot St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stryker","county":"Williams County","state":"OH","lat":41.502814957000055,"lon":-84.41683073099995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-08-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick and sandstone railroad depot on North Depot Street in Stryker, Williams County, Ohio, built in 1900 by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad. It measures 72 by 26 feet.","why_significant":"The nomination argues local significance under Criterion A for transportation, showing the importance of rail service to small towns around 1900. Under Criterion C it is one of two well preserved brick and stone depots left on the railroad's \"Air Line Route\" and an excellent example of a standardized small-town station. Its mahogany-stained interior panelling makes it more elaborate than the comparable Wauseon Depot.","narrative":"Built in 1900 by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, this 72-by-26-foot depot on North Depot Street in Stryker, Ohio, replaced an earlier frame station destroyed by fire. It has a sandstone foundation, walls of rusticated sandstone below buff Roman brick, a slate and asphalt hip roof with wide eaves on knee braces, and a gabled dormer with a Palladian window. Inside, mahogany-stained tongue-and-groove panelling covers the walls and coved ceiling, and the plan includes two waiting rooms, a baggage room and a ticket office. The depot was listed for its role in rail transportation, which tied small towns to markets and to the outside world, and as a well preserved example of the standardized country station. It is one of only two brick and stone depots surviving on the railroad's Air Line Route. Passenger service declined in the 1950s. A local philanthropist gave the building to the village in 1985, which is converting it into offices and a community space.","period_of_significance":"1900","architect_builder":"Unknown (built by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed as vacant/not in use, but being rehabilitated by the Village of Stryker for reuse as a village office and community center.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.917006-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/89001014.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001014/8d75ecf694-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89001014/8d75ecf694-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stryker_Depot.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stryker_Depot.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71992003","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q138766234"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/williams-county/stryker-depot-89001014/"}