South Milwaukee Passenger Station
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | 1111 Milwaukee Ave., South Milwaukee, Wisconsin | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1855 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1864/1865, 1885, 1893 | ||||||||||
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South Milwaukee Passenger Station | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°54′35″N 87°51′47″W / 42.90972°N 87.86306°W | ||||||||||
Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) | ||||||||||
Built | 1893 | ||||||||||
Architect | Charles Sumner Frost | ||||||||||
Architectural style | Romanesque | ||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 78000119[1] | ||||||||||
Added to NRHP | August 3, 1978 |
The South Milwaukee Passenger Station is a historic railroad station located at 1111 Milwaukee Ave., South Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[2] The station was built in 1893 for the Chicago & Northwestern Railway replacing a frame depot from 1885. Architect Charles Sumner Frost designed the Romanesque station.[3] The depot, located on the east (southbound) platform, included ladies and gentlemen’s waiting rooms, restrooms, a ticket office, freight office, train dispatcher’s office, and two large rooms for baggage, express, and storage.
Following complaints from station agent Edwin Myers in 1947, the station was renovated. The arched porch area and several doorways were bricked in and many of the windows were boarded up with plywood.[3]
In 1971, the station closed when Amtrak replaced private passenger rail service in the United States and the line was cut back from Milwaukee to Kenosha.
The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Milwaukee County Landmarks: South Milwaukee". Milwaukee County Historical Society. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
- ^ a b Katherine E. Hundt (1977-12-30). "NRHP Inventory/Nomination: South Milwaukee Passenger Station". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-08-09. With one photo.
- Buildings and structures in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
- Romanesque Revival architecture in Wisconsin
- Railway stations opened in 1893
- Former Chicago and North Western Railway stations
- National Register of Historic Places in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
- Railway stations closed in 1971
- Wisconsin Registered Historic Place stubs
- Midwestern United States railway station stubs
- Wisconsin building and structure stubs
- Wisconsin transportation stubs