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Photograph of Dowagiac station
Photograph by Fotoguy49057, CC0 1.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Michigan Central Railroad Dowagiac Depot

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

From the record

“Dowagiac is a train station in Dowagiac, Michigan, served by Amtrak, the United States' railroad passenger system. The station was built by the Michigan Central Railroad in 1902, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.”

Wikipedia article Dowagiac station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 9 National Register listings published here for Cass County · listed in 1993 · category: Building.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 200 Depot Dr., Dowagiac, 49047
  • When was it listed? December 1993
  • Category. building
  • City. Dowagiac city
  • Architectural style. Tudor Revival architecture
  • Architect. Spier & Rohns
  • National Register reference number. 93001349 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

6 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Michigan Central Railroad Dowagiac Depot between 2018 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 June 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesINDIAN LAKE VFD 2018025 - 2018
3 April 2019Natural2.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPOKAGON VFD 2019022 - 2019
24 April 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPOKAGON VFD 2019031 - 2019
2 April 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesINDIAN LAKE VFD 2020018 - 2020
19 March 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPOKAGON VFD 2018014 - 2018
16 March 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesINDIAN LAKE VFD 2018008 - 2018

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Michigan Central Railroad Dowagiac Depot: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cass County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayProspect

Every working recorded in Cass County

Storms near this property

35 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dowagiac, the town this property stands in, in 35 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 26 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 flood. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2000Thunderstorm WindDowagiac1 hurt, $10,000A strong thunderstorm microburst blew down trees, branches, and windows out of a house. A woman at the residence at the time was outside when the storm hit and suffered minor injuries from the blown debris.
June 2010Tornado (EF2)Dowagiac$100,000After leaving behind a swath of microburst winds, the storm intensified with a tornado touching down about a half mile southwest of Southwestern Michigan College, near Dowagiac. The circulation initially impacted the Pokagon subdivision with numerous homes suffering varying degrees of damage (DI: FR12 DOD: 4). The circulation continued east-southeast through mainly open and wooded areas, severely damaging numerous trees. The most extensive tree damage occurred near Michigan 62, west of Twin Lake Road where a 600 yard wide area of trees suffered extensive damage. The circulation was likely embedded within a much larger area of rear flank downdraft winds. The circulation then turned more southeast and hit a cemetery on Michigan 62, south of Cass Street. The circulation quickly dissipated after this point. Maximum winds are estimated at around 115 mph.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindDowagiac$50,000Between Sister lakes and Twin lakes numerous trees and power lines down with high winds reported by sheriffs dept. with no speed given.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDowagiac$25,000NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindDowagiac$25,000Trees and power lines reported downed on the south side of Dowagiac. Lightning also damaged several power transformers.
December 2007Thunderstorm WindDowagiac$20,000Law enforcement officials reported numerous trees and power lines down across the county.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindDowagiac$15,000Several trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2024FloodDowagiac$10,000A trained spotter reported a flooded road in both directions of Depot Drive and Division Street.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindDowagiac$10,000Several tree branches were down in Dowagiac. Power lines are down in the street.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindDowagiac$5,000Cass County Central Dispatch reported trees and power lines knocked down in the Dowagiac area.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindDowagiac$5,000no account filed
July 2022FloodDowagiac$1,000The public reported about one-half foot of water was over the road.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-Local media reported several trees were blown down.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-The public reported a tree was blown down near the intersection of Wilbur Hill Rd and Peavine St.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-The public reported a few power poles were blown down on M-51.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-County officials reported trees and tree limbs down throughout the county.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-The public estimated wind gusts to 65 mph.
April 2011HailDowagiac-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail falling in bursts. The hail was covering the ground in spots.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-A hangar at the Dowagiac airport was severely damaged.
January 2008Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-A few trees were blown down in Dowagiac.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-Several trees down.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-Trees down.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in Dowagiac.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-Law enforcement reported a large tree limb down in Dowagiac.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-Law enforcement reported trees and power lines down in Dowagiac.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-Law enforcement reported a large tree down northeast of Dowagiac.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-Law enforcement reported trees down in Dowagiac.
August 2002Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-HAM operator reported tress and power lines down in Dowagiac.
September 2001Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-Telephone pole blown down.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindDowagiac-NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN AROUND COUNTY.
July 2015HailDowagiac-no account filed
July 2015HailDowagiac-no account filed
June 2013HailDowagiac-no account filed
February 1997Flash FloodDowagiac-no account filed
June 1996Flash FloodDowagiac-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

4 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Criffield-Whiteley House0.4 miles2016
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Pokagon5.8 miles2002
Thompson Road-Air Line Railroad Bridge7.5 miles1999
George Newton House7.6 miles1982

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 93001349 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Cass CountyAll 9 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.