Property Record
Ca. 359 N DICKASON BLVD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MILWAUKEE AND St. Paul Railroad Depot |
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| Other Name: | CALDWELL LUMBER CO., VITA-PLUS CORP. |
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| Reference Number: | 3468 |
| Location (Address): | Ca. 359 N DICKASON BLVD |
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| County: | Columbia |
| City: | Columbus |
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| Year Built: | 1871 |
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| Survey Date: | 19962014 |
| Historic Use: | depot |
| Architectural Style: | Italianate |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' titled "Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Depots Complex" exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. WAS ORIGINALLY USED FOR FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE UNTIL THE PASSENGER DEPOT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1907. This Italianate style-influenced Astylistic Utilitarian design depot replaced the original one, built in 1864, which was located in a different location south of Park Ave. near the old Kurth Brewery. The design of the 1871 depot was a standard type for the Milwaukee & St. Paul RR (see also the Stoughton, WI Depot of 1885) and it was used as a combined passenger and freight depot until the new Columbus passenger depot was built in 1907 just to the south. The 1871 depot was afterwards used as a lumber yard workplace and storage building by the Caldwelll Lumber Co., and then by the Vita-Plus Corp. as a warehouse. |
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| Bibliographic References: | HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE TOURS, PUBLISHED BY THE COLUMBUS HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND PRESERVATION COMMISSION, 1994. Columbus Democrat: October 6, 1871, p. 3. Columbus Republican: October 20, 1870, p. 1; November 25, 1871, p. 1. Columbus Historic Architecture Tours, undated. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |