Property Record
9672 COUNTY HIGHWAY Y
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Gordon Soo Line Depot |
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| Other Name: | SOO LINE RAILROAD DEPOT |
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| Reference Number: | 17193 |
| Location (Address): | 9672 COUNTY HIGHWAY Y |
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| County: | Douglas |
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| Township/Village: | Gordon |
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| Year Built: | 1912 |
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| Survey Date: | 1978 |
| Historic Use: | depot |
| Architectural Style: | Craftsman |
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| 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: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. WIDE OVERHANGING BRACKETED EAVES. TALL 4/4 WINDOWS. TRANSOM OVER DOOR. BUILT INTO HILLSIDE W/BASEMENT EXPOSED TO REAR. BASEMENT COURSE. The previously-inventoried depot was constructed in 1910. The single-story building has a hipped asphalt shingle roof, clapboard siding, and a concrete foundation. A wooden ramp accesses the main entrance on the west-facing elevation. The building features wide eaves with brackets, a central brick chimney, and a bay window. The fenestration pattern is simple and includes four-over-four double hung windows and multi-light transoms. The interior could not be accessed. The Gordon depot was constructed for the Soo Line in 1910. It functioned as a passenger and freight depot. The dwindling logging industry and the increase in automobile transpmtation led to a decline in railroad usage in the second half of the twentieth century. By 1981, the Soo no longer needed the depot in Gordon. In an effort to save the depot from demolition, the Gordon-Wascott Historical Society purchased the building and moved it to its current location in 1990. The Gordon-Wascott Historical Society currently maintains the depot as part of their museum collection. Although the building has been moved, it played an important role in Gordon's economic history, and it is a good example of an early twentieth century depot. |
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| Bibliographic References: | SMITH & SANDBERG "GORDON & THE BICENTENNIAL" |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |