Beaver Dam station

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Beaver Dam
Former Milwaukee Road passenger rail station
Beaver Dam Wisconsin Depot Side.jpg
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company Passenger Depot.
General information
Location127 South Spring Street, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 53916
Services
Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station
Fox Lake, WI
towards Portage
Portage  Horicon Rolling Prairie
towards Horicon
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company Passenger Depot
USA Wisconsin location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location127 S. Spring St., Beaver Dam, Wisconsin
Coordinates 43°27′22″N88°50′10″W / 43.45611°N 88.83611°W / 43.45611; -88.83611 (Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Company Passenger Depot)
Arealess than one acre
Built1900 (1900)
Architect Frost & Granger
Architectural style Victorian
NRHP reference No. 81000039 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 7, 1981

The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Passenger Depot is located in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. [2]

History

The building is a red brick cottage-like depot of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad designed by Frost & Granger and built in 1900. [3] [4] It later served as the Dodge County Historical Museum before being restored to house the Beaver Dam Chamber of Commerce.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989. [5]

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References

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