Chicago Great Western Depot

The Chicago Great Western Depot at 726 East Main Street in Red Wing, in the U.S. State of Minnesota, is a former railroad station listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The depot was built in 1906 after the Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW) acquired two small railroads: the Minnesota Central, which connected to Cannon Falls; and the Duluth, Red Wing, and Southern, which connected to Zumbrota. CGW established a divisional headquarters and built this depot in 1906, with passenger space on the first floor and office space on the second floor. The red brick structure was the largest depot the railroad built in Minnesota.[2]

For the depot in Elizabeth, Illinois, see Chicago Great Western Railroad Depot.
Chicago Great Western Depot
Red Wing CGW depot building in 2007
Location726 East Main Street
Red Wing, Minnesota
 United States
Coordinates44°33′52″N 92°32′22″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1906
NRHP reference No.80002056[1]
Added to NRHPJune 04, 1980

In 1966 the line from Red Wing south to Pine Island was torn up.[3] In 1982 the line from Cannon Falls east to Red Wing, which had not been used for years, was abandoned.[4] The trackage to the depot was removed. The building was remodeled as a Hardee's restaurant in 1979,[5] but by 2006 it became a Caribou Coffee location.[6][7]

See also

Red Wing's Amtrak station

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Bee, Roger; Brown, Gary; Luecke, John C. (1984). Chicago Great Western in Minnesota. Blue River Publications. p. 46. ISBN 0-930431-00-6.
  3. Bee (1984), p. 72.
  4. Bee (1984), p. 94
  5. "Footsteps Through Historic Red Wing: Three Walking Tours of Historic Red Wing Architecture" (PDF). www.redwing.org. City of Red Wing Heritage Preservation Commission. 1989. p. 36. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2016.
  6. "Great Escapes 2008: Red Wing". Mpls.St.Paul Magazine. May 2008. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved September 9, 2009.
  7. "GOODHUE COUNTY". www.west2k.com. Dan West. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
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