Edgerton Depot

Edgerton
Edgerton
Former Milwaukee Road passenger rail station
	South side of the station, facing the railroad tracks
General information
Location	20 South Main Street, Edgerton, Wisconsin 53534
History
Opened	1853
Closed	1971
Rebuilt	1906–1907
Services
	Edgerton Depot
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Northern side of the station
Coordinates	42°50′0″N 89°4′13″W / 42.83333°N 89.07028°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1906-07
Architect	Loweth, C.F.
NRHP reference No.	98000283
Added to NRHP	April 13, 1998

The Edgerton Depot is a historic railway station located at 20 South Main Street in Edgerton, Wisconsin. The station was built in 1906 to 1907 to serve the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, also known as the Milwaukee Road; it replaced the city's original depot, which opened in 1853 with the railroad. Railroad engineer C.F. Loweth designed the station, which features a hipped roof, bracketed overhanging eaves, a red brick exterior with stone trim, and decorative brick quoins and keystones. The station was critical to the city's tobacco industry, which attracted customers from as far away as Europe; the railroad both shipped tobacco to larger cities and brought business agents to the city's firms. Passenger trains to the station, which were used both by residents and the aforementioned businessmen, primarily served routes to Milwaukee and Chicago. The station was remodeled in 1939, though rail travel in Edgerton had already begun to decline by this point; it fell even more significantly in the 1950s and 1960s, and the station closed in 1971.^[3]

The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 13, 1998.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Edgerton Depot". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
^ Eiseley, Jane (February 15, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Edgerton Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved May 14, 2016. With six photos.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "Edgerton Depot". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2020-07-25.

[3] Eiseley, Jane (February 15, 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Edgerton Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved May 14, 2016. With six photos.

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