Chicago and North Western Railroad Depot, New Ulm, MN (2)
**Chicago and North Western Railroad Depot** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 79001202, date listed 12/31/1979
S. Valley St.
New Ulm, MN (Brown County)
The Chicago and Northwestern Depot (ca. 1899) was constructed near the time when the competing Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad had laid tracks through the town and built a frame depot a few blocks north. The stone CNW structure was one of several "second-generation" masonry depots which the rail companies often constructed to replace earlier frame depots at communities which had enjoyed significant growth since their establishment. The rock faced stone, arcaded ends rambling profile, and general design of the New Ulm Depot rank it as one of the most handsome of several of these replacement depots constructed at various stations in the southwestern portion of the state.
New Ulm is not a "railroad town" in the sense that it was founded by or because of the railroad; from its beginnings in the 1850's until the 1870's the Minnesota River steamboats were of central importance. Yet, after the Winona and St. Peter (later called the Chicago and Northwestern) entered the county in 1872 and thence extended to the western areas of the state, the local area of the rail yard became a regionally important center of grain marketing and processing. The Depot is the major surviving railroad building in New Ulm to represent the crucial rail network linking the town with both the hinterland and with larger markets. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...
Chicago and North Western Railroad Depot, New Ulm, MN (2)
**Chicago and North Western Railroad Depot** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 79001202, date listed 12/31/1979
S. Valley St.
New Ulm, MN (Brown County)
The Chicago and Northwestern Depot (ca. 1899) was constructed near the time when the competing Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad had laid tracks through the town and built a frame depot a few blocks north. The stone CNW structure was one of several "second-generation" masonry depots which the rail companies often constructed to replace earlier frame depots at communities which had enjoyed significant growth since their establishment. The rock faced stone, arcaded ends rambling profile, and general design of the New Ulm Depot rank it as one of the most handsome of several of these replacement depots constructed at various stations in the southwestern portion of the state.
New Ulm is not a "railroad town" in the sense that it was founded by or because of the railroad; from its beginnings in the 1850's until the 1870's the Minnesota River steamboats were of central importance. Yet, after the Winona and St. Peter (later called the Chicago and Northwestern) entered the county in 1872 and thence extended to the western areas of the state, the local area of the rail yard became a regionally important center of grain marketing and processing. The Depot is the major surviving railroad building in New Ulm to represent the crucial rail network linking the town with both the hinterland and with larger markets. (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...