Missoula Northern Pacific Railway Depot
| Northern Pacific Railroad Depot | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
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| location | Missoula in Montana (USA) | ||
| Coordinates | 46 ° 52 ′ 31 " N , 113 ° 59 ′ 30" W | ||
| Built | 1901 | ||
| NRHP number | 85000644 | ||
| The NRHP added | March 28, 1985 | ||
The Northern Pacific Railroad Depot is a station building in Missoula , Montana, USA . It was built in 1901 by the Northern Pacific Railway . The structure that stands today is the third station building built by the city's railroad company since the Missoula railway line was built in 1883.
The arrival of the Northern Pacific Railway in Missoula ensured the city's economic prosperity as a major transportation hub in western Montana . The first station building was built in 1883 and was located about 250 m west of the current structure. In 1896 the plan was made to build a new building, but it was destroyed by arson before it was even completed . The present train station was completed in 1901 and was designed in a simplified neo-renaissance style by the architectural firm Reed and Stem of St. Paul , Minnesota . Reed and Stem designed over 100 station buildings, including z. B. the Grand Central Terminal in New York City .
The station was built of bricks , the roof tiles are made of terracotta . The main wing of the building has three floors, the two side wings each have one floor. The main wing is divided into six bays by pillars made of brick. The two outer pillars are marked with the red and black Yin and Yang logo of the Northern Pacific Railroad . The side wings are divided into four yokes in a similar way. The main wing has a gable roof , while the two side wings have flat roofs.
Passenger trains of the Northern Pacific Railroad stopped here until 1971, then the passenger traffic in the United States was Amtrak taken. Amtrak served Missoula through the North Coast Hiawatha until 1979.
The structure was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 28, 1985 and is considered the most prominent structure in Missoula, demonstrating the importance of the railroad in developing and transforming the city's economy.
The restored “Ten Wheeler” steam locomotive Northern Pacific # 1356 stands in the vicinity of the station building .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e McDonald, Babcock 1984 , p. 3.
- ↑ McDonald, Babcock 1984 , p. 6.
- ^ Missoula Downtown Association
- ↑ Belle 2000 , p. 52.
- ↑ a b McDonald, Babcock 1984 , p. 2.
- ↑ 4.0 Passenger Rail , p. 1.
- ^ National Register Information System
- ^ Northern Pacific locomotive 1356
literature
- 4.0 Passenger Rail: 2010 Montana State Rail Plan ( English , PDF; 1.3 MB) Cambridge Systematics, Inc .. 2010. Accessed August 10, 2013.
- John Belle: Grand Central: Gateway to a Million Lives ( English ). WW Norton & Company, 2000, ISBN 978-0-393-04765-3 (Retrieved August 10, 2013).
- Historic Walking Tour: Downtown Historic Buildings ( English ) Missoula Downtown Association. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
- McDonald, James R. and William Babcock: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Northern Pacific Railroad Depot ( English , PDF; 280 kB) National Register of Historic Places. December 1984. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
- National Register Information System . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service . Retrieved March 13, 2009.
- Northern Pacific locomotive 1356, Missoula. ( English ) University of Montana. Retrieved August 10, 2013.