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Below is a complete listing of all Ohio Historical Markers. To find a detailed marker listing including text, photographs, and locations, click on a county below. Our listing is updated by the markers program as new markers are installed and older markers are reported damaged or missing.

96-18 Olmsted Falls L.S. & M.S. Depot

Side A: The Lakeshore and Michigan Southern Railroad built the Olmsted Falls Depot in 1876 as a part of major improvements made along the line between Cleveland and Toledo. The depot replaced a smaller flag stop station in Olmsted Falls at the Columbia Road railroad crossing. By 1909, the depot was moved from Mapleway Drive on rollers by a locomotive to this site to be closer to the heart of the village. In the early 20th century, ten trains a day stopped here. One was the “Plug,” which took commuters between Olmsted Falls and Cleveland. By mid-century, cars and planes had largely replaced train travel. The last regularly scheduled train stopped here in 1949 and service ended completely in 1960. The depot became the home of the Cuyahoga Valley and Westshore Model Railroad Club in 1977 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Side B: Same
Sponsors: Cuyahoga Valley and Westshore Model Railroad Club Memorial Fund and The Ohio Historical Society
Address: 25802 Garfield Rd, 
Olmsted Falls, 
OH, 
44138
Location: NW corner of Brookside Drive & Garfield Road
Latitude: 41.3749740
Longitude: -81.9050460