tracks pano, photo by scott.gosnell.
Click the photo to see this excellent panorama larger and to see it on a map. Michigan in Pictures often features stories of historical structures that are being preserved. As near as I can tell, this is not one of those.
The Michigan Passenger Stations page on Clare Union Station begins:
The Clare depot was built by the Pere Marquette and Ann Arbor Railroads in 1898 at a total cost of $6585. The Queen Ann style depot has wings paralleling each set of tracks. There are two bay windows, presumably for agents of both railroads. The door and window arrangement suggests waiting rooms and freight rooms for both roads also.
The Pere Marquette built through Clare around 1870. This was part of the original PM land grant railroad…
Passenger service on the Ann Arbor ended in 1950 and after being used for many years for storage, the building was abandoned. Click to read more and see some more views of the station, including historical photos.
For more photos of the station you can check out Clare, Michigan at Michigan’s Internet Railroad History Museum.
Michigan in Pictures 
I love the pictures and the little bits of history here. I wondered what the building looked like when it was new and full of activity. Then I followed your link and saw it was just as I imagined. Wonderful. :)
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