Ashland Union Station

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Ashland
Former Chicago and North Western Railway station
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Union Depot
General information
Location417 Chapple Ave., Ashland, Wisconsin
Coordinates 46°35′8.5″N90°53′21″W / 46.585694°N 90.88917°W / 46.585694; -90.88917
Construction
Architect Charles Sumner Frost
Architectural style Queen Anne
History
Opened1900
Services
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
Terminus Ashland  Green Bay Odanah
toward Green Bay
Ashland Junction
toward Minneapolis
Minneapolis  Ashland Terminus
Ashland Junction
toward Bayfield
Bayfield  Ashland
Union Depot
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Location417 Chapple Ave., Ashland, Wisconsin
Coordinates 46°35′8.5″N90°53′21″W / 46.585694°N 90.88917°W / 46.585694; -90.88917
Arealess than one acre
Built1900
Architect Charles Sumner Frost
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP reference No. 79000058 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 23, 1979

The Union Depot in Ashland, Wisconsin, United States, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] It has also been known as the Ashland Depot. [2]

It is a red brick building with stone belt courses, quoins, and other details. [2]

The depot was designed by Charles Sumner Frost and was used by the Chicago and North Western Railway and its subsidiary, the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway (Omaha Road), for the Flambeau 400 service to Chicago. More recently, the building has been utilized as a fitness center and the train tracks converted into an exercise trail. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Andrea J. Lazarski (September 27, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Union Depot / Ashland Depot, Chicago & Northwest Railroad Co". National Park Service . Retrieved March 28, 2018. With two photos from 1975.
  3. "Union Depot - Ashland, WI". Waymarking.com. Retrieved March 28, 2018.