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Baraboo station

Baraboo station is a former railway station in Baraboo, Wisconsin, built be the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW). The depot served both passengers and freight traffic as well as housing the Madison Division offices of the C&NW. The Madison Division covered a 219-mile (352 km) line from Belvidere, Illinois to Medary, Wisconsin. The depot was designed by the team of Frost and Granger, who designed more than 200 depots for the C&NW. This particular depot was built in the Romanesque Revival style.[1] Passenger service to the depot ended in 1963 with the elimination of the Rochester 400. As of 2022, the Sauk County Historical Society hopes to restore the depot into a museum and community gathering space.[2][3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 25, 2022 as Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices.

References

  1. ^ "Wisconsin Historical Society:Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices". Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Baraboo's Historic depot and Division office to be Restored". Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  3. ^ Bridget Cooke (January 5, 2021). "Sauk County Historical Society hopes to restore historic Baraboo depot". Retrieved November 12, 2022.