Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot (Fond du Lac, Wisconsin)

The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot is a historic former railroad station in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The station is located on the southeast corner of Forest Avenue and Brooke Street.

Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot
The former C&NW Depot from Brooke Street.
Location182 Forest Avenue,
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Coordinates43°46′34″N 88°27′13″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1891 (1891)
ArchitectCharles Sumner Frost
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.90001232[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 10, 1990

Rail service in Fond du Lac can be traced as far back as 1852, although Fond du Lac was also the namesake of the former Chicago, St. Paul and Fond du Lac Railroad, which existed from 1855 to 1859 before going bankrupt and being acquired by the Chicago and Northwestern Railway. In 1891 C&NW replaced the original station with the current one. The building's architect was Charles Sumner Frost.[2]

The station served trains such as the Flambeau 400 and Peninsula 400 until it was closed in 1975,[2][3] well after most intercity passenger service in the United States was turned over to Amtrak in 1971, which never used this station.

The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 10, 1990. Today it houses several small shops, and the former right-of-way is a rail trail. An active railroad line exists west of the station, but that line was operated by Soo Line and no longer contains a station nearby.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Chicago & Northwestern RR depot at Fond du Lac". Oshkosh Public Museum. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  3. Doll, Linus (August 6, 2013). "Looking back with Linus column: Newspaper brings back memories of 'good old days'". Fond du Lac Reporter. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015.
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
Oshkosh
toward Ishpeming
 Ishpeming – Milwaukee Eden
toward Milwaukee
Oakfield
toward Janesville
 Janesville – Fond du Lac Terminus
Rosendale
toward Marshfield
 Marshfield – Fond du Lac
Terminus Fond du Lac – Sheboygan Peeble's
toward Sheboygan


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