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Minneapolis Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Depot

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Vorlage:Infobox nrhp The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Depot Freight House and Train Shed (commonly referred to as the Milwaukee Road Depot or simply The Depot) is a historic railroad depot in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad had a long history in the Minneapolis area, beginning in 1865 when a predecessor railroad, the Minnesota Central, built a line from Mendota to Minneapolis. The Minnesota Central also built a line from Mendota to St. Paul in that early era. Eventually, rail lines connected Minneapolis and St. Paul with Milwaukee, Wisconsin via Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.[1] The freight house and the first depot were built in 1879 with an Italianate architectural style.[2] The first depot was razed after a new facility, with Renaissance Revival architecture, was built in 1899.[3][1] The freight house served a large percentage of less-than-carload freight arriving and departing from the Minneapolis area. Passenger traffic was also significant. In 1916, 15 passenger trains per day used the depot, including the flagship Hiawatha. Rail yard facilities just south of downtown, on Hiawatha Avenue north of Lake Street, serviced the trains.[1] By 1920, the peak of activity, 29 trains per day used the depot.[3]

As passenger rail traffic decreased across the nation and freight facilities were consolidated elsewhere, the Minneapolis depot steadily lost traffic. The depot was closed in 1971 and stood vacant for many years. In 1978, the depot and freight house were placed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1998, CSM Corporation began a project to reuse the depot, including Courtyard by Marriott and Residence Inn by Marriott hotels, an indoor water park, and an enclosed outdoor ice skating rink located in the former trainshed. The project was completed in 2001.[3]

References

  1. ↑ a b c Don L. Hofsommer: Minneapolis and the Age of Railways. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN 2005, ISBN 0-8166-4501-9.
  2. ↑ Mary Ann Nord: The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society, 2003, ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
  3. ↑ a b c History of the Depot.
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