Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Combination Depot-Hornick

Hornick, United States

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The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Combination Depot in Hornick, Iowa, is a two-story Victorian frame structure completed in 1887 as both a passenger and freight station. Built by the railroad's land company following the creation of a branch line from Manilla to Sioux City, it exemplifies the standard depot design the railroad employed across the region—one of only six such structures remaining in Iowa and the best preserved. Its dual-purpose layout functioned as an island depot, with freight operations on the north side and passenger boarding on the south, while its upper floor provided living quarters for the station manager. Decorative Victorian details include lathe-turned wooden finials, angled brackets, and bracketed door and window hoods. Passenger service ceased in the 1950s, and grain loading continued until the Milwaukee Road's abandonment of the branch in 1980. Recognized on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, the depot now serves as a local history museum.