Dwight Area Chamber of Commerce

The railroad depot is located at 119 West Main Street. The original depot, built in
1854, was a one and one-half story frame structure measuring 16' x 24'. A new
depot was design by Chicago architect Henry Ives Cobb who had also designed
buildings at the University of Chicago, the Newberry Library, and the Chicago Post
Office.

Built in 1891, the depot was designed in the Richardson Romanesque style,
measuring 75' x 25' surrounded by an 18' concrete platform. The foundation is
Joliet stone and the building is made of Bedford bluestone from Indiana. Gables
extend from each side with four double hung windows on the ground floor. The
second story features two coupled windows with a fanlight over each. The facing
stone above the fanlight has DWIGHT carved it in. Each gable has a Quatrefoil
ornament on top.

In 1983, the Dwight Historical Society bought the depot from the town. Restoration
began in 1984 to transform the building into our Village Hall. When the village built a
new Village Complex in 1998, the Dwight Historical Society moved the Museum into
the north end of the building. The south end is a meeting room for the Historical
Society and also houses the office of the Dwight Chamber of Commerce.

Southbound trains stop in Dwight at 10:39am, 6:39pm, and 8:24pm. Northbound
trains stop in Dwight at 8:17am, 10:17am, 6:51pm and 9:12pm. For reservations
and information, call toll-free in the USA and Canada 1-800-USA-RAIL
(1-800-872-7245) or call your travel agent. You can also visit www.Amtrak.com on
the internet.

The Dwight Depot, placed on the "National Registry of Historic Places" on December
27, 1982, is one of only a few remaining railroad stations between Chicago and St.
Louis featuring the architectural design of the 1890's.