Re: [CBQ] Downers Grove IL Fairview Ave depot meeting

["Michael Matalis mmatalis@sprynet.com [CBQ]" <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>]

Actually that helps a lot. Hopefully there will be someone else there whole knows for sure, I just wanted some back up detail for my presentation of it as a train watching spot and potential tourist draw.

Thank you kindly,

Michael Matalis

Downers Grove IL

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On Feb 12, 2017, at 4:53 PM, GLEN glenehaug@msn.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Michael:

I don't know how much this helps you.  I have a 'half size' plan of this depot that is a terrible copy (barely readable), and I also have a pdf of some reduced CB&Q depot drawings, both of which indicate that this depot was constructed as a two-story structure in 1916, with a gambrel roof, pergola, and exterior walls made of stucco.  The outside dimensions of the main building are 20' x 39'-6".

Whether this was a new construction, or a substantial reconstruction of an existing structure, it does not say, and I don't know, although there was a station at East Grove that existed prior to this time.

Glen Haug

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From: CBQ@yahoogroups.com <CBQ@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of Michael Matalis mmatalis@sprynet.com [CBQ] <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2017 7:45 AM
To: Q
Subject: [CBQ] Downers Grove IL Fairview Ave depot meeting

 

The Village of Downers Grove will be holding a meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday 2/15/17 at the Village Hall to discuss naming the former Q depot at Fairview Ave a historic landmark.  I plan to speak about the usefulness of the depot as a tourist draw (it never hurts to get local businesses on your side) but I could also use some basic facts about the depot, like when it was built and what’s underneath all that stucco!  Any basic info would be helpful.

Thank you kindly,

Michael Matalis

Downers Grove IL

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