The depot was built in 1886 by the Detroit and Milwaukee to serve as a Union Depot facility for both that road and the Flint and Pere Marquette, which paralleled and crossed the D&M here. Belying its Great Western and Grand Trunk heritage, the depot is clad in the trademark polychromatic red and yellow brick found on so many of the road's masonry depots from the 19th Century. More history on the depot can be found here: https://www.nps.gov/places/holly-union-depot-mi.htm
The Holly Depot isn't truly accessible to the public (part of the reason for the upcoming move), although you can see it from several angles from public right of way. Perhaps the best view of it is from the end of Washington Street, just across the PM/LSRC line, where you can easily view the north elevation from the cul de sac.
The Italianate detailing of the depot is delightful. The ornate brickwork, the stone window sills, the grooved wood bargeboard and stone HOLLY sign. They don't make them like this anymore!
East Sherman street splits the difference between the depot and the diamond where it crosses both lines. It's sidewalk provides a great vantage point toward the depot. The home signal, which replaced a classic GTW cantilever signal here, guard the diamond for southbound trains on the Holly Subdivision. The LSRC mainline, formerly the CSX/C&O/PM, curves off to the right beyond the depot. Although CN C&S was buried here years ago, the LSRC side still has their signal wire up in the air, held in place on classic code line crossarms. This 2022 view might almost be the 1970s - a signal maintainer's nightmare!
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