Property Record
2904 WISCONSIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CORLISS-WESTERN UNION JUNCTION STATION |
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| Other Name: | Sturtevant Amtrak Station (until 2006) |
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| Reference Number: | 10699 |
| Location (Address): | 2904 WISCONSIN ST |
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| County: | Racine |
| City: | Sturtevant |
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| Year Built: | 1908 |
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| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | depot |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
| Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | AMTRACK STOP AS OF 1995 (discontinued 2006). POLYGONAL TOWER W/PAVILION ROOF W/WIDELY FLARING EAVES. BRACKETS UNDER EAVES. STAMPED BRICK PAVEMENT. The depot was built with two waiting rooms to accommodate passengers transferring from the Chicago-Milwaukee line to the several trains that traveled throughout Racine and southwest as far as Kansas City. By 1912, over 65 trains a day came through Sturtevant. This depot is the only remaining Milwaukee Road station that has a corner turret. Scheduled for moving or demolition in June 2009. As of 8/24/2009, the building was being moved to a park in Caledonia. |
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| Bibliographic References: | MILWAUKEE BUSINESS JOURNAL 1/14/1995. RACINE JOURNAL TIMES 10/16/1995. Racine Journal Times 1/2/1998. Century Buildings for 2009. Preservation Racine, Inc. newsletter. Summer 2009, Racine, WI. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |