Property Record
231 FRONT STREET
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Milton Junction Railroad Depot |
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| Reference Number: | 84608 |
| Location (Address): | 231 FRONT STREET |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Milton |
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| Year Built: | 1923 |
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| Survey Date: | 19752012 |
| Historic Use: | depot |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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| Wall Material: | Stucco |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | THIS DEPOT HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLY REMODELED, THEN IN 2012 A FIRE CAUSED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE BUILDING. A SMALL CABOOSE TRAIN CAR IS ATTACHED TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. "The first Morgan House depot was built in 1861 and burned in 1872. Rebuilt immediately, it thrived as a hotel and eating place until razed in 1923 when the present depot was built. The Northwest Railroad came through West Milton in 1858 and formed a junction with one from Milton. The depot was abandoned and later purchased and remodeled as a restaurant." Milton Historic Preservation Commission, History in Progress: Hiking/Biking Tour of Historic Milton, Wisconsin, n.d. |
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| Bibliographic References: | BICENTENNIAL HISTORY OF MILTON, WISCONSIN, 1976. Milton Historic Preservation Commission, History in Progress: Hiking/Biking Tour of Historic Milton, Wisconsin, n.d. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |