The Ashland station or Soo Line Depot in Ashland, Wisconsin, United States, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It is a brownstone building and was used by the Wisconsin Central and later by the Soo Line Railroad.[2][3]
Ashland | |||||||||||
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Former Soo Line passenger rail station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 320 Depot Dr, Ashland, Wisconsin 54806 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1889 | ||||||||||
Closed | January 6, 1959 | ||||||||||
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Soo Line Depot | |||||||||||
Location | 3rd Ave., W., at 4th St., Ashland, Wisconsin | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 46°35′20″N 90°53′03″W / 46.58889°N 90.88417°W | ||||||||||
Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||
Built | 1889 | ||||||||||
Architect | Wisconsin Central Railroad | ||||||||||
Architectural style | Richardsonian Romanesque | ||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 88002177[1] | ||||||||||
Added to NRHP | November 3, 1988 |
Passenger train service to the Soo Line Depot ended on January 6, 1959, when trains 117 and 118 were discontinued from Ashland to Spencer.[4]
References
edit- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Manthei, Sharon (September 23, 2004). "Ashland's Soo Line Depot remains a link to the past". Ashland Daily Press. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ^ Mathis, Gregory R.; Saleh Van Erem. "Preserving Wisconsin's Civic Legacy - A Guide to Rehabilitating and Reusing Local Government Properties" (PDF). National Trust for Historic Preservation. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ^ "Soo Line Railroad discontinuing passenger train service on Ashland-Spencer line". Iron County Miner. January 9, 1959. Retrieved October 13, 2022.