Property Record
150 S ANDERSON ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Chicago and North Western Passenger Depot |
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| Other Name: | Smith Barney Inc. |
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| Reference Number: | 21311 |
| Location (Address): | 150 S ANDERSON ST |
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| County: | Oneida |
| City: | Rhinelander |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 1995 |
| Historic Use: | depot |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
| Structural System: | Brick |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | GABLED CENTRAL PORTION W/1 STORY FLANKING HIP-ROOFED WINGS. BRICK CNR QUOINS AND WINDOW SURROUND. TRANSOMED3/3 WINDOWS IN CUT STONE SURROUND. 1/2 ROUND FANLIGHT WINDOW W/BRICK KEYSTONED LINTEL. GABLED PORTION W/PARAPETAND LARGE CENTRAL CHIMNEY. [Date Cnst:CA] 150 South Anderson Street Chicago and North Western Passenger Depot This brick Romanesque Revival building is trimmed with stone and was constructed in 1895. It is a long, low, one-story building with a hip roof. There is a cross-gabled section toward the west end, with gabled parapets, quoining and a semi-circular window. The west end of the building was the baggage room, and the east end was the passenger waiting room and ticket office. Although enclosed under the same roof, there was an open space between the east and west ends. The open space was enclosed with wood siding in 1984, when the building was remodeled for offices. The Chicago and North Western Passenger Depot was used as a passenger depot from 1895 until passenger service ended in 1972. The Depot interior was remodeled substantially for the railroad in 1951 (Kris Gilbertson, "Building Has Seen Many Changes in 90 Years," Rhinelander Daily News, September 24, 1985). The Chicago and North Western Railroad was instrumental in the founding of Rhinelander. While Anderson W. Brown believed that the site that would become Rhinelander had great potential for a lumbering facility and support community, he was unable to develop the site without dependable transportation to ship lumber and wood products, and receive supplies. In May 1881, Anderson and his brother, Webster, who had formed the Brown Brothers Lumber Company in Stevens Point, made a deal with the Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western Railroad (precursor to the Chicago and North Western) wherein the railroad would extend a spur to the Brown Brothers site in exchange for half of the Brothers' land in the area. The railroad arrived in the area, then called Pelican Rapids, in 1882. The town that grew up on the spot was named in honor of the president of the railroad, Frederic W. Rhinelander. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |