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Baraboo station

Coordinates: 43°27′55″N 89°44′31″W / 43.46528°N 89.74194°W / 43.46528; -89.74194 (Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices)
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Baraboo
Former Chicago and North Western Railway station
The Baraboo depot in 2018
General information
Location220 Lynn St., Baraboo, Wisconsin
Coordinates43°27′55″N 89°44′31″W / 43.46528°N 89.74194°W / 43.46528; -89.74194
Line(s)Reedsburg Subdivision
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ArchitectFrost & Granger
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
History
Opened1902
Closed1963
Services
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
North Freedom Chicago – Minneapolis via Madison Devil's Lake
toward Chicago
Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices
Baraboo station is located in Wisconsin
Baraboo station
Location220 Lynn St., Baraboo, Wisconsin
Coordinates43°27′55″N 89°44′31″W / 43.46528°N 89.74194°W / 43.46528; -89.74194 (Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices)
Arealess than one acre
Built1902 (1902)
ArchitectFrost & Granger
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.100007642
Added to NRHPApril 25, 2022

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]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 25, 2022.

References

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  1. ^ "Wisconsin Historical Society:Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices". Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Baraboo's Historic depot and Division office to be Restored". Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  3. ^ Bridget Cooke (January 5, 2021). "Sauk County Historical Society hopes to restore historic Baraboo depot". Retrieved November 12, 2022.