- Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Freight House
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Freight House
Location: 233-335 Water St., Stillwater, Minnesota Coordinates: 45°3′18″N 92°48′15″W / 45.055°N 92.80417°WCoordinates: 45°3′18″N 92°48′15″W / 45.055°N 92.80417°W Area: 1 acre (0.40 ha) Built: 1883 Governing body: Private MPS: Washington County MRA (AD)[2] NRHP Reference#: 77000773[1] Added to NRHP: July 13, 1977 The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Freight House is a railroad building in Stillwater, Minnesota, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The predecessor of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway was the Stillwater and Hastings Railway, which was established in 1880 to connect Stillwater to Hastings, Minnesota. The Stillwater and Hastings Railway only completed five miles of track before being acquired by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad in 1882, which completed the construction.[2][3]
During this period in the 1880s, Stillwater was a busy trade center, handling traffic from miners and trappers from the north of town and from farmers and lumbermen from the west. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad built the freight house in 1883, and it soon handled more than 70 railcars per day. The construction was very solid, with a limestone foundation 2 feet (0.61 m) thick and 18 in (460 mm) thick walls that were 30 feet (9.1 m) high. It had floorboards that were 4 inches (100 mm) wide and 1 inch (25 mm) thick. The heavy ceiling trusses supported a full slate roof.[4]
The freight house operated through 1970, when the Milwaukee Road closed it. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, making it the first building in Stillwater so listed. It now houses a restaurant and a nightclub.[4]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Washington County Multiple Resource Area". March 15, 1982. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/64000383.pdf. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form". Minnesota Department of Transportation. p. 63. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/environment/pdf_files/rail/sectione.pdf. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
- ^ a b "Freight House Restaurant & Nightclub: History". http://www.fhstillwater.com/history.html. Retrieved October 15, 2009.
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