From the April 25, 2022, Northwest Herald (McHenry County, Illinois) "For second time in its 120-year life, Solon Mills Train Depot must find new home, purpose" by James T. Norman.
The old train station was converted into a restaurant fifty years ago in Richmond. Right now it is on U.S. Route 12 near East Kuhn Road. The Depot Restaurant closed a year ago. (I have eaten breakfast there in the past.)
Several organizations are attempting ty save it.
It was built around 1902 in Solon Mills, Illinois, an unincorporated small town (pop. 2020 133) in between Spring Grove and Richmond and served as a train depot for around 50 years before being closed and slated for destruction. Instead, it was moved to Richmond and reopened as a restaurant.
Either the historical village of Richmond should take it, where it already has Doyle's Pub & Eatery, a former mill, or maybe move it to the McHenry County Historical Society Museum in Union.
--RoadDog
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