- Northern Pacific Depot (Hinckley, Minnesota)
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Northern Pacific Depot
Location: Hinckley, Minnesota Coordinates: 46°0′56″N 92°56′35″W / 46.01556°N 92.94306°WCoordinates: 46°0′56″N 92°56′35″W / 46.01556°N 92.94306°W Built: 1895 Architect: Unknown Architectural style: No Style Listed Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 73000992
[1]Added to NRHP: May 07, 1973 The Northern Pacific Depot in Hinckley, Minnesota is a wood-framed depot built in 1895, the year after the previous depot was destroyed in the Great Hinckley Fire on September 1, 1894. The depot was built from the plans of the previous depot. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.[2] The building was originally built by the St. Paul and Duluth Railroad, which was acquired by the Northern Pacific Railway in 1900. The Northern Pacific operated the depot until the mid-1960s. The building had separate men's and women's waiting rooms, a freight room, a restaurant known as the "Beanery", and a stationmaster's living quarters on the second floor.[3]
The Hinckley Fire Museum in 2008
The depot is now known as the Hinckley Fire Museum. The museum interprets the history of the fire that destroyed six towns and burned over 400 square miles (1,000 km2). It also explains how the town was rebuilt and how the area shifted to agricultural use after the lumbering era ended.[4]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
- ^ "Hinckley Fire MUSEUM". http://www.seans.com/sunsetweb/hinckley/building/. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
- ^ "Early Hinckley - before and after the fire". http://www.seans.com/sunsetweb/hinckley/history/. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
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