New Richmond | |||||||||||
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| Former Soo Line passenger rail station | |||||||||||
| The New Richmond station in May 2010. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 120 High Street, New Richmond, Wisconsin 54017 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°07′35″N92°32′17″W / 45.12636°N 92.53805°W | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1897 | ||||||||||
| Closed | January 15, 1965 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1915 | ||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||
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Soo Line Depot | |||||||||||
| Location | 120 High St. New Richmond, Wisconsin | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°07′35″N92°32′17″W / 45.12636°N 92.53805°W | ||||||||||
| Built | 1915 | ||||||||||
| Architect | Chippewa Construction Co. | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Vernacular | ||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 88000623 | ||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | May 31, 1988 | ||||||||||
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The Soo Line Depot is located in New Richmond, Wisconsin. [1]
The depot was originally built for Wisconsin Central Railway, which would eventually merge with Soo Line Railroad. It was built to replace a previous depot, which despite having survived a major tornado in 1899, would later be destroyed in a fire. This depot was designed to be fireproof. [2]
Passenger train service to the New Richmond station ended on January 15, 1965, when the Soo Line Laker between Chicago and the Twin Cities was discontinued. [3]
In 1988, the depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places. The following year, it was listed on the State Register of Historic Places.