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DEPOT ST

Architecture and History Inventory
DEPOT ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Omaha Freight; Van Waters & Rogers Div. of Univan
Other Name:Omaha Road Frieght Storage
Contributing:
Reference Number:3225
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):DEPOT ST
County:Chippewa
City:Chippewa Falls
Township/Village:
Unincorporated Community:
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1897
Additions:
Survey Date:1984
Historic Use:depot
Architectural Style:Astylistic Utilitarian Building
Structural System:
Wall Material:Board
Architect:
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:The freight depot was constructed by the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha (Omaha) probably in 1897. The Omaha removed their passenger depot from the north side at this time, at the same time building a new passenger depot on the south side. It is likely a freight depot was built at the same time. This freight depot is of significant local historical interest because it represents the period duing the late 19th and early 20th centuries when Chippewa Falls' railroad activities were at a peak. It is the only depot to survive, out of nearly a dozen freight or passenger depots which operated in Chippewa Falls during the city's railroad era.
Bibliographic References:(A) The Daily Independent, 20 September 1896. (B) Semi-Centennial Souvenir Edition, June 1848-1898.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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