The famous Chicagoland interurban electric railroad known as the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad unfortunately is long gone. It offically went out of business due to a large bankruptcy in January of 1963. However, several of the interurban passenger cars from this railroad have been preserved at a handful of railroad museums, and a few landmark train stations like this one have survived long after the fact. Designed by the famous architect Aurthur Gerber, This depot was the home to several businesses over the years at the CTA Dempster Street Skokie Swift rapid transit terminal. Moved to it's present site nearly 100 feet east of it's original location in 2004, today it is the hime to a Starbucks gourmet coffee business that serves todays commuters.
Although it is located at Dempster Street in the north suburban village of Skokie Illinois, the original name of this location was known as Niles Center. This is proboubly due to it's close location to Niles Center Road immediately to the east of this site.
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