Marysville

Office Building (AFE 11):

  • 14′ x 16′
  • One story, frame composition
  • Shingle roof
  • Built October-December 1920
  • Retired February 1937 (AFE 255)

Freight Shed (AFE 11):

  • 16′ x 40′
  • One story frame shed roof
  • Built December 1920
  • Retired February 1937 (AFE 255)

Section House (AFE 95):

  • Located at Bunce Creek
  • 12′ x 36′
  • Built November 1920
  • Retired September 1921 (AFE 148)

New Station and Freight House:

New Marysville Freight House Photo
The new Port Huron & Detroit Railroad Office and Freight House in Marysville,
taken shortly after construction.
  • 13 acres acquired for station site- September 1936 (AFE 234)
    • Property purchased from Marysville Improvement Company for $7,500
    • Structural steel purchased, delivered and erected by Yeager Bridge Works of Port Huron ($3,950.00)
    • Concrete work done by PH&D at $5.50 per cubic yard (foundation) and $0.05 per square foot (cement floors, sidewalks, etc.). (7 S Ransom concrete mixer, purchased in 1926, retired June 1937, AFE 253)
  • 2 story brick (fireproof) station (AFE 235)
    • 20′ x 40′ office
    • 40′ x 180′ shed
Blueprint showing elevation, floor plan and certain details for combined Office and Warehouse building in Marysville, MI.
  • 2 sidings built to serve Freight House:
    • 410′ spur (AFE 241, December 1936)
    • 690′ spur (AFE 242, September 1936)
  • Per October 7, 1936 letter from A.C. McDannell (PH&D Vice-President and General Manager) to James E. Duffy (PH&D President), the building dimensions allowed “…sufficient space alongside the warehouse to place four cars for outbound loading. There will be two railroad tracks laid along the west side of the building and by placing cars opposite each other and by trucking through a car nearest the warehouse, eight cars can be loaded at one placement.”
  • Value (per 1957 insurance quote)
    • Cost to build (1936): $22,792.00
    • 1948 Addition: $ 2,687.00
    • Furniture & Fixtures: $ 1,513.00
    • Total: $26,992.00
  • Replacement cost (1952): $66,868.00
  • Replacement cost (1954): $72,886.00
  • Value insured for (1958): $45,000.00

Other Infrastructure

  • Greenwood (Siding)
    • 1900′ siding, begins at Sta. 13 + 95 and ran south, parallel to mainline
      • Constructed July – September 1919 (AFE 05)
      • Retired December 1923 – January 1924 (AFE 56)
  • Passing Siding
    • 2,450′, constructed September-October 1936 (AFE 240)
  • Freight House Track Extension
    • 315′, constructed May-July 1937 (AFE 257)