Missoula station (Milwaukee Road)

Missoula
Former Milwaukee Road passenger rail station
The Milwaukee Depot in 2012
General information
Location	250 Station Drive, Missoula, Montana 59801
History
Rebuilt	1910
Services
Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Primrose towards Seattle or Tacoma Main Line Bonner towards Chicago
Milwaukee Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	250 Station Drive Missoula, Montana
Coordinates	46°52′03″N 113°59′53″W / 46.86750°N 113.99806°W / 46.86750; -113.99806
Built	1910
Architect	J. A. Lindstrand
Architectural style	Mission
NRHP reference No.	82003175
Added to NRHP	April 30, 1982

The Milwaukee Depot in Missoula, Montana, was built by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (otherwise known as The Milwaukee Road) in 1910 as part of the railroad's transcontinental "Pacific Extension".

The depot complex consists of two buildings, both made of brick. The depot itself is a two-story rectangular building that had passenger waiting rooms and the station agent's office. The second floor contained railroad offices. The depot has two towers that rise above it. There is a Mission influence in the tile roofs and decoration. The second building was the baggage room.

When the railroad went bankrupt in the mid-1980s, the buildings were sold and turned into a restaurant and bar. A new addition was built that connected the depot with the baggage room. In the late 1980s, the restaurant went out of business and the building sat vacant.

In the mid-1990s, the building was bought by the Boone and Crockett Club who moved their national headquarters there from Washington, DC. The club leased the second floor to the University of Montana for use as offices.

The depot was placed on the National Register of Historic Places due to its architecture and also due to its association with the commercial development of Missoula.

References

• Michels, Kirk, and James R. McDonald. Milwaukee Depot (Missoula County, Montana) National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, National Park Service, Washington, DC, 1982.
• Missoula Community Redevelopment Agency memo on the depot^{[permanent dead link]}

See also

• Milwaukee Depot (disambiguation) - Other stations known by the name

External links

Media related to Milwaukee Depot at Wikimedia Commons

• Boone and Crockett Club