CNS&M flagstop shelter
of the new stations built at Mundelein and Skokie-Dempster for the opening of the Skokie Valley Route in 1926, the visual roots of these shelters were already on the line by then. These buildings were probably part of the 1926 upgrading. The shelters had a substantial ap- pearance, the result of the heavy tim- bers used for the posts (6″×6″), the roof beams (6″×8″), and the overhanging roof. Fine details were provided by the decorative notching on the beam exten- sions, the notched 6″×6″ pieces under the main roof beams that served no structural function but carried out the motif, and the 1″×2″ battens applied to both sides of the 1″−thick plywood wall panels. The roof beams were actually three sistered 2″×6″’s. The bottom por- tions of the sides were made up of a 2″×6″ with a 2″×12″ below; 1″×1″’s along the vertical edges secured the panels to the posts. There were slight variations in the battens, and at Knoll- wood the panels were beaded tongue
FOUR PHOTOS; PERPETUAL ADORATION; AUGUST 1962
the crossroad). There were exceptions, however, and handsome,
well-main-
tained passenger shelters were provid- ed at seven stops.
The North Shore had two styles of passenger shelters, one with a U- shaped floor plan and the other with an H-shape arrangement of the walls, the subject of this article. With minor variations, this standard plan was found at four locations on the branch and on the mainline in Wisconsin. It had the advantage of always being able to provide a waiting passenger with a side that was out of the wind. Rather than mundane sheds, the road opted for an attractive design in the Prairie-Bungalow styles popular after the turn of the twentieth centu- ry. While related to the architecture
Perpetual Adoration was not at a crossroad, but the shelter, on the eastbound track, was typical. Below, the westbound track had a 20′-0″ by 8′-8″ platform. Four-foot long 4″×4″ posts were bolted to the timbers, and a flat 2″×4″ on the top and 1″×4″’s made up the railings. The top of the railing was 36″ high.
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