Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Depot

Aberdeen, United States

Exterior only

Visible from the street; the inside is private.

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The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Depot in Aberdeen, South Dakota, is a two-story brick and concrete structure built in 1911 by the Milwaukee Road to replace an earlier wooden depot destroyed by fire. Designed in the Prairie School style with Craftsman influences characteristic of the early twentieth century, the rectangular building originally housed railroad offices on its upper floors, serving Aberdeen's role as a division point on the line. The depot gained prominence as a stop for the Olympian Hiawatha, the railroad's flagship passenger service connecting Chicago to Seattle and Tacoma, until passenger trains ceased operations there on April 17, 1969. The largest brick passenger depot still standing in South Dakota, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural significance and importance to the state's railroad history. Today the building houses leased office space, with a model railroad club operating in its basement.