Property Record
100 E MAIN ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Waunakee Railroad Depot |
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| Other Name: | WAUNAKEE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE |
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| Reference Number: | 6032 |
| Location (Address): | 100 E MAIN ST |
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| County: | Dane |
| City: | Waunakee |
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| Year Built: | 1896 |
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| Survey Date: | 2008 |
| Historic Use: | depot |
| Architectural Style: | Queen Anne |
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| Wall Material: | Drop Siding |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Waunakee Railroad Depot |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 2/14/1978 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. MOVE APPROVED BY NPS ON 7/3/96. CARVED BARGE BOARDS IN GABLES. Proposed move approved 7/3/96. 2008- "The former Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Depot in Waunakee is a small, highly intact, free-standing, one-story-tall building that was built in 1896. The building is sided in shiplap, it has a simple gable roof that has wide, overhanging open eaves supported by exposed rafter ends, and it was listed in the NRHP in 1978. The depot is still in excellent restored condition today and it now houses the Waunakee Chamber of Commerce." -"Waunakee 7.5 Quad", WisDOT#5290-01-02, Prepared by Timothy F. Heggland, (2008). |
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| Bibliographic References: | VOGEL, THE RR DEPOT IN SE WI (MANUSCRIPT IN HPD FILES). WAUNAKEE TRIBUNE 4/21/1994. WAUNAKEE TRIBUNE 8/10/1995. WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL 8/21/1995. WAUNAKEE TRIBUNE 3/9/1995. THE CAPITAL TIMES 12/6/1995. WAUNAKEE TRIBUNE 1/18/1996. THE CAPITAL TIMES 6/4/1996. WAUNAKEE TRIBUNE 6/6/1996. WAUNAKEE TRIBUNE 7/4/1996. Waunakee Tribune 6/19/1997. Prepared by Landscape Research, Ltd. for the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission, Dane County: A Guide to the Rural Landscape, 1978. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |