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Their depot was established on the west side of Madison in 1854. [2] The Chicago and North Western constructed a line to Madison in 1864 from the south, crossing Monona Bay. The first passenger station on the site was established in 1871. [3] Due to the proximity of the Milwaukee Road, the C&NW originally wanted to construct a union station in ...
The Milwaukee Road Depot in Madison, Wisconsin is a former railroad depot. It was built in 1903 and operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road). It served numerous passenger trains, including the Sioux and Varsity, and was located next to a major yard, turntable, and roundhouse. [2]
Built in 1910 as the Madison Parks and Pleasure Drive Association created Madison's first public parks, motivated in part by City Beautiful movement. Designed by John Nolen and Ferry & Clas with Arts and Crafts detailing. Oldest surviving public park building in Madison. 21: Charles E. Brown Indian Mounds: Charles E. Brown Indian Mounds ...
Milwaukee Road Depot can refer to the following former and active train stations used by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad:, Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul, Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound Railway, Idaho & Washington Northern and Washington, Idaho & Montana RY, Plus all other former variations of the Milwaukee Road.
Frost & Granger was an American architectural partnership from 1898 to 1910 of brothers-in-law Charles Sumner Frost (1856–1931) and Alfred Hoyt Granger (1867–1939). Frost and Granger were known for their designs of train stations and terminals, including the now-demolished Chicago and North Western Terminal, in Chicago.
In 1835, the Chicago, St. Charles & Mississippi Airline railroad was chartered with the intent of building a railroad west out of Chicago. [1] The railroad never began construction, and its rights to build were transferred in 1854 to a new company, the Minnesota & North Western (M&NW), which eventually began construction in 1884 of a line south ...
The Chicago and North Western station at 133 S Blair Street is the C&NW's second depot on the east side of Madison. The passenger depot was built 1910–1911 – two stories clad in gray limestone – a Neoclassical design by Frost and Granger , with heavy quoins on all corners and the entrance lit by second-story windows.
In 1902 MG&E built the powerhouse that still stands, placing it on block 131 where the Madison City Gas Light and Coke Co. had its plant. The new 1902 building was designed by Madison architects Louis Claude and Edward Starck - a Neo-classical-style structure in red brick, with brick pilasters on a concrete basement.