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===Sturgis Rail Depot=== [[File:DepotSturgisMI.jpg|thumb|Sturgis Railroad Depot in 2019, after it was moved and restored]] On June 23β24, 2014, the historic Sturgis Rail Depot was moved from its location on West Main & N. Clay Streets to a more central location on W. Chicago Road.<ref name="Fox 17 Move" /> The 120-year-old building, featuring masonry walls up to 2 feet thick and weighing 304 tons, was moved by Wolfe House & Building Movers.<ref name="Fox 17 Move" /><ref name="Wolfe">{{cite web|url=https://www.wolfehousebuildingmovers.com/sturgis-railroad-depot/|title=Moving the Sturgis Railroad Depot|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref> The building was elevated by a Unified Jacking System and mounted on the Buckingham Dolly System for the quarter of a mile move across town.<ref name="Fox 17 Move" /><ref name="Wolfe" /> The Depot underwent renovations to be used as a museum by the Sturgis Historical Society.<ref name="Fox 17 Move" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sturgismuseum.org/|publisher=Sturgis Historical Society|title=Sturgis Historical Museum β At the Depot|access-date=April 27, 2017}}</ref>
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