Mentor is a former railroad depot located on Station Street in Mentor, Ohio. The station opened in 1890. A defunct New York Central freight house is located across the tracks from the depot. The depot is currently open and used by a restaurant. Mentor station is on the National Register of Historic Places as the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern RR Depot and Freight House.

Mentor
Deekers Sidetracks in August 2018
General information
Location	8445 Station Street Mentor, Ohio 44060
Coordinates	41.6789°N 81.3383°W / 41.6789; -81.3383
Owned by	Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway (1890 – 1914) New York Central (1914 – 19??)
Tracks	2
Construction
Architectural style	Vernacular[1]
Other information
Website	http://www.deekerssidetracks.com
History
Opened	c. 1870-1874
Closed	1949
Rebuilt	1890
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station Reynolds toward Chicago Main Line Heisley toward New York
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern RR Depot and Freight House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Area	Less than 1 acre (0.4 ha)
NRHP reference No.	78002092[2]
Added to NRHP	January 31, 1978
Location
Mentor Location within Ohio Show map of Ohio Mentor Mentor (the United States) Show map of the United States

History

The passenger depot was opened in 1890 by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, replacing an older depot on the same line. The station was acquired by the New York Central Railroad after merging with the LS&MS in 1914. Passenger service to Mentor ended in 1949.

Deekers Side Tracks (alternatively known as Deekers Bar & Grille) opened in August 2007. Deekers is the latest in a string of restaurants to be located in the old depot.[3]

Train derailment

On June 21, 1905 at 9:05pm, an eastbound LS&MS-operated 20th Century Limited train hit an open switch near the depot. The resulting crash destroyed the old freight depot, and caused the deaths of 21 people on the train.[4]

Following the destruction of the LS&MS freight depot, a new freight house was built in 1909.[5]

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  Inside the restaurant. Note the east side of the Depot is now indoors.
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  The adjacent freight house, built in 1909 to replace the one destroyed in the 1905 wreck of the 20th Century Limited.

References

External links

• LAKE COUNTY Railroad Depots