Waunakee Railroad Depot
Waunakee, United States
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Built in 1896 as a station for the Chicago and North Western Railway, the Waunakee Railroad Depot is a one-story wooden structure that embodies Queen Anne style through its refined detailing: drop-siding cladding, wide overhanging eaves supported by decorative brackets, and carved bargeboards adorning the gable peaks. This small depot became the catalyst for Waunakee's existence, transforming a site that previously held only a blacksmith shop into a thriving agricultural shipping hub. At its height, the station accommodated sixty daily trains, fourteen of which carried passengers until service ended in 1963. After freight operations ceased in 1971, the building was restored in the 1970s by the Waunakee Arts Council and acquired through a donation from Bob Reeve, whose father had served as a depot agent. Today it houses the Waunakee Chamber of Commerce and is recognized on both the National Register of Historic Places and the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places.
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- Built
- Type
- railway station
- Heritage
- listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Waunakee, United States
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