Former Meitetsu Minomachi Line Mino Station Building

A Tramway Terminus that Remains a Landmark

The Former Meitetsu Minomachi Line Mino Station Building (旧名鉄美濃町線美濃駅本屋) is the building of a tramway terminus of 1923 in Mino City, Gifu Prefecture, and was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property (structure) on February 9, 2005 (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

The Agency records a single-storey timber building with an iron-sheet roof and a building area of 136 square metres; registration number 21-0054.

A Gable End with Decorative Timber Framing

The station building of the former Mino Station on the Meitetsu Minomachi Line was built in 1923 as Shin-Minomachi Station of the Mino Electric Tramway, a terminus-type station (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The platforms adjoin the south side, and the waiting room opens through the east gable end.

It is gabled and clad in clapboard, and the east gable, which forms the front, shows its timber frame as decoration (Agency for Cultural Affairs). The line closed in 1999, but the Agency notes that the building is still a local landmark.

Why It Was Registered

The Agency registered it for its contribution to the historic landscape.

What to Look For

Look for the east gable with its decorative timber framing and the clapboard walls (Agency for Cultural Affairs).

Visiting

It is owned by Mino City (Agency for Cultural Affairs). No official information on public access was found. The station building and platforms are introduced together on the former Mino Station page.