Jacober's Store was built in 1856 by Horace Huntoon and John Griffen
on the southwest corner of Dixie Highway and Andersonville Road. It
was owned by Phineas Huntoon from 1860 - 1903. The store was idle
for a few years but the second floor was used as a justice court, and a
dance hall. August Jacober purchased the store in 1917 and ran it
until Henry Ford purchased it for $700 in 1927. Henry Ford had it
moved to Greenfield Village where it still stands with the name of J.R.
Jones, one of the owners at the turn of the century. August Jacober
built another store in the same location and ran it until 1957 when he
sold it to the Community National Bank. Construction of a replica of
Jacober's Store was begun in the Fish Hatchery Park in the Turn of the
Century Village.
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The original depot was
built in 1908 by Detroit Haven & Milwaukee Railway. a subsidiary of
Grand Trunk Railroad System on the northeast corner of Hatchery Road and
Saginaw Trail on the south side of the tracks. It was a Lake
Victorian-asymmetrical roof line, octagonal tower end design with turned
decorative spindles. The building was 40 ft. long, 12 feet wide and has
overhands of 3 ft. on the main building and 5 1/2 ft. on the waiting
room.
Students rode the train
from the depot to Pontiac High School. Block ice cut from Loon Lake was
shipped by rail to points south and the Conservation Department shipped
live fish, raised at the hatchery on Hatchery
road.
The depot was closed in 1957,
declared an "eyesore" in 1964 and was demolished in 1965. The only thing
left was the sign.
It was rebuilt
in 1995-95 at 203 Jones St. in Holly under the direction of Rich Welsh. He
gave the depot to the Waterford Historical Society so that it may be saved
for future generations. the Society moved it to its permanent location in
Fish Hatchery Park in September 2001 in the Turn of the Century Village.
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Turn of the Century Village