This wood frame structure was Sparta's original depot, built by the Chicago & West Michigan before the turn of the century. It is shown here as it appeared in the early 1920s.
Sadly, this depot was not preserved. The ex-GTW/Toledo Saginaw & Muskegon depot at the north end of Union Street in Sparta was preserved, however, and is used by the West Michigan Railroad Historical Society as a museum and meeting space.
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