Baraboo station, otherwise known as the Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices is a former railway station in Baraboo, Wisconsin, built be the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW). The depot served both passengers and freight traffic as well as housing the Madison Division offices of the C&NW. The Madison Division covered a 219-mile (352 km) line from Belvidere, Illinois to Medary, Wisconsin. The depot was designed by the team of Frost and Granger, who designed more than 200 depots for the C&NW. This particular depot was built in the Romanesque Revival style.[1] Passenger service to the depot ended in 1963 with the elimination of the Rochester 400. As of 2022, the Sauk County Historical Society hopes to restore the depot into a museum and community gathering space.[2][3]
Baraboo | |||||||||||
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| Former Chicago and North Western Railway station | |||||||||||
 The Baraboo depot in 2018 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 220 Lynn St., Baraboo, Wisconsin | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°27′55″N 89°44′31″W / 43.46528°N 89.74194°W | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Architect | Frost & Granger | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1902 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1963 | ||||||||||
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Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices | |||||||||||
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| Location | 220 Lynn St., Baraboo, Wisconsin | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°27′55″N 89°44′31″W / 43.46528°N 89.74194°W | ||||||||||
| Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||
| Built | 1902 | ||||||||||
| Architect | Frost & Granger | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival | ||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 100007642 | ||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | April 25, 2022 | ||||||||||
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 25, 2022.
References edit
- ^ "Wisconsin Historical Society:Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices". Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ^ "Baraboo's Historic depot and Division office to be Restored". Retrieved November 12, 2022.
- ^ Bridget Cooke (January 5, 2021). "Sauk County Historical Society hopes to restore historic Baraboo depot". Retrieved November 12, 2022.