Chicago and North Western Passenger Depot

The Chicago and North Western Passenger Depot is a historic building located in Wall Lake, Iowa, United States. Wall Lake was served by both the Chicago & North Western Railroad and the Illinois Central Railroad, which gave it a significant rail presence from the 1880s until World War II.[2] The C&NW depot is an example of a combination station plan. The plan combined both passenger and freight services in one building. They were commonly used during the heyday of railroad growth round the turn of the 20th century. However, the old Wall Lake C&NW depot was moved and used for freight. What would have been the freight room was used here for a lunchroom. C&NW had three standard combination depot plans that have been attributed to the prominent Chicago architectural firm of Frost & Granger. The Wall Lake depot was the largest of the three as it incorporated a women's waiting room, but it was actually 9 feet (2.7 m) shorter than the general plan because freight was processed in another facility.[2] The depot was built in 1899 by A.H. Carter & Co. of Cedar Rapids, Iowa as a replacement depot. The single-story frame structure is the only building used as a depot that remains in town.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

Chicago and North Western Passenger Depot
Location3727 Perkins Ave.
Wall Lake, Iowa
Coordinates42°16′13″N 95°5′23″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1899
Built byA.H. Carter & Co.
NRHP reference No.03000358[1]
Added to NRHPMay 9, 2003

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Rebecca Conard. "Chicago and North Western Passenger Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved 2018-11-13. with photos
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
Herring
toward Mondamin
 Mondamin – Wall Lake Terminus
Odebolt
toward Onawa
 Onawa – Wall Lake
Terminus Wall Lake – Tama Carnarvon
toward Tama
Lake View
toward Sioux City
 Sioux City – Carroll Carnarvon
toward Carroll
Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station
Denison
toward Omaha
 Omaha – Fort Dodge Yetter
toward Fort Dodge


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