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Saline Area Historical Society
artifacts that appear quaint today were actually innovative in their own time. The farm museum is open on Saturdays from mid-May through early-December. Hours are from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Volunteers offer tours of the farmhouse and outbuildings, including the live animals. Saline Railroad Depot Museum 402 N. Ann Arbor St. Saline, MI 48176 Telephone: 944-0442 Built in 1870, the Saline Railroad Depot, with its freight house, telegraph, and passenger facilities, served as a crucial link in the economic transformation that took place between Saline’s rural hinterlands and the outside world. The railroad stopped running in 1961. Accepted to the National Historic Register in 1995, the historical society dedicated the depot as a museum and has conducted tours and housed relics there ever since. The historical society has launched its Brick and Block Program selling engraved bricks and foundation blocks to raise money for major projects at the railroad depot museum. Bricks and blocks will be installed to recreate the former passenger room floor at the west entry of the depot building. Brick pavers are $100 and foundation blocks are $1,000. Request a form by contacting the Society. The depot museum is open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays.
Historical Society Board of Directors David Rhoads, president Wayne Clements, vice president Robert Harrison, treasurer Agnes Dikeman, secretary Douglas Elfring, director Robert and Margaret Lane, directors Janet Swope, director Dean and Linda Greb, directors Mary Lirones, director Warren and Marilyn Rentschler, director Ruth Garrison, director
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