Michigan's Historic Railroad Stations by Hodges, Michael H.
Michigan's Historic Railroad Stations by Hodges, Michael H.

Michigan's Historic Railroad Stations

When the railroad revolutionized passenger travel in the nineteenth century, architects were forced to create from scratch...
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Author: Michael H. Hodges
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Language: English
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Michigan's Historic Railroad Stations by Hodges, Michael H.

Michigan's Historic Railroad Stations

$105.55
Michigan's Historic Railroad Stations by Hodges, Michael H.

Michigan's Historic Railroad Stations

$105.55
Author: Michael H. Hodges
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

When the railroad revolutionized passenger travel in the nineteenth century, architects were forced to create from scratch a building to accommodate the train's sudden centrality in social and civic life. The resulting depots, particularly those built in the glory days from 1890 to 1925, epitomize the era's optimism and serve as physical anchors to both the past and the surrounding urban fabric. In Michigan's Historic Railroad Stations writer and photographer Michael H. Hodges presents depots ranging from functioning Amtrak stops (Jackson) to converted office buildings (Battle Creek) and spectacular abandoned wrecks (Saginaw and Detroit) to highlight the beauty of these iconic structures and remind readers of the key role architecture and historic preservation play in establishing an area's sense of place.

Along with his striking contemporary photographs of the stations, Hodges includes historic pictures and postcards, as well as images of "look-alike" depots elsewhere in the state. For each building Hodges provides a short history, a discussion of its architectural style, and an assessment of how the depot fits with the rest of its town or city. Hodges also comments on the condition of the depot and its use today. An introduction summarizes the functional and stylistic evolution of the train station in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and surveys the most important academic works on the subject, while an epilogue considers the role of the railroad depot in creating the American historic-preservation movement.

The railroad station's decline parallels a decrease in the use of public space generally in American life over the last century. Michigan's Historic Railroad Stations will reacquaint readers with the building type that once served as the nation's principal crossroads, and the range of architectural styles it employed both to tame and exalt rail transportation. Readers interested in Michigan railroad history as well as historic preservation will not want to miss this handsome volume.



Author: Michael H. Hodges
Publisher: Painted Turtle Book
Published: 10/01/2012
Pages: 186
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 8.80h x 11.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780814334836


Award: Midwest Book Award (MIPA) - Finalist
Award: Michigan Notable Books - Winner
Award: Midwest Book Award (MIPA) - Winner

About the Author
Michael H. Hodges covers art and architecture for the Detroit News, where he's worked since the early 1990s. He also writes and photographs the newspaper's architecture blog. A native of the Detroit area, Hodges grew up on a dairy farm thirty miles north of the city. He confesses to being crazy about architecture, an obsession he blames on the six years he spent as a student at Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, one of North America's great, idyllic campuses.


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