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TOWN SQ

Historic Name:
Elkhart Lake Railway Station

Other Name:
Elkhart Lake Depot

Reference Number:
135785

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Property Location

Location (Address)

TOWN SQ

County

Sheboygan

City/Village

Elkhart Lake

Township

Unincorporated community

Town

Range

Direction

Section

Quarter Section

Quarter Quarter Section

Property Features

Year Built

1897

Additions

Survey Date

1977

Historic Use

depot

Architectural Style

Queen Anne

Structural System

Wall Material

Architect

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

A 'site file' 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, State Historic Preservation Office. Before the arrival of the railroad, Elkhart Lake was remote and difficult to reach, except by horse-drawn carriage from the Sheboygan and Mississippi station at Glenbeulah. After 1872, when the Milwaukee and Northern Railroad arrived, vacationers from Milwaukee, Chicago, and St. Louis began to flock here. 2025: The 1872 depot was joined to a grain elevator, now used as the Off the Rail restaurant at 44 Gottfried St. In 1897, the railway company constructed this picturesque depot. A large octagonal dormer pierces the steeply pitched hipped roof, and a shady veranda supported by wooden brackets spans the facade. The depot’s homey appearance was likely meant to evoke warm hospitality. The Elkhart Lake Historical Society has restored the depot and maintains it as a museum. A 1906 Soo Line wooden caboose, built by the American Car and Foundry Company, stands in the adjacent Depot Park.

Bibliographic References

Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

depot Queen Anne

Sheboygan
County

Elkhart Lake
Community

1890-1899
Decade

National and State Register Listing

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