Rock Island Passenger Depot (Oskaloosa, Iowa)

The Rock Island Passenger Depot is an historic building located in Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States. The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad arrived in town in 1876, and they built a frame combination depot on the north side of the tracks. This depot replaced the original one in 1888 on the south side of the tracks, and it served ten passenger trains a day.[2] A separate freight depot was built to the east. President Theodore Roosevelt stopped here when he came to dedicate the new Y.M.C.A. in 1903. The freight and passenger depots were combined into a single facility once again in 1930, utilizing the passenger depot. The depot was officially abandoned in 1973. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] The building now houses a pub.

Rock Island Passenger Depot
LocationRock Island Ave. between 1st and 2nd Sts.
Oskaloosa, Iowa
Coordinates41°17′21″N 92°38′36″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1887-1888
Architectural styleStick/Eastlake
NRHP reference No.89001780[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 30, 1989

The depot is a single-story brick structure in the Stick-Eastlake style. When used as a depot it had a men's waiting room on the west side and woman's room on the east. The ticket agent and a lunch counter separated them. There was also a room for baggage and restrooms facilities. It is not known who designed the building.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Molly Myers Naumann. "Rock Island Passenger Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-04-30.
Preceding station   Rock Island Line   Following station
Evans
toward Des Moines
Des Moines – Washington
Rose Hill
toward Washington, IA
TerminusOskaloosa – Keokuk
Beacon
toward Keokuk


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