Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Depot (Stuart, Iowa)
The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: Stuart Passenger Station is a historic building located in Stuart, Iowa, United States. The town of Stuart was laid out by Charles A. Stuart, for whom it is named, in concert with the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.[2] The railroad reached this point in 1868 and the depot was completed the following year. It is a single story, side gable, frame structure covered with brick veneer. The segmentally-arched widows are capped with brick hoods and limestone keystones. It contains four rooms that housed a baggage room, men's waiting room, ticket office, and the ladies waiting room. This was one of several buildings constructed in Stuart by the Rock Island Line, which placed a divisional headquarters here from the beginning. Other facilities included a roundhouse (1871) and brick shops (1874) that replaced wood-frame structures. In 1897 the railroad moved its facilities to Valley Junction, now West Des Moines.
Stuart | |||||||||||
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| Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station | |||||||||||
 Stuart station in September 2013. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | White Pole Road, Stuart, Iowa 50520 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1869 | ||||||||||
| Closed | 1965 | ||||||||||
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Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: Stuart Passenger Station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Front St. Stuart, Iowa | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°30′12.5″N 94°19′0.5″W / 41.503472°N 94.316806°W | ||||||||||
| Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||
| Built | 1868-1869 | ||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 80001428[1] | ||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | February 19, 1980 | ||||||||||
The station last had passenger service in 1965. In its final years it served only as a limited service stop station between Atlantic to the west and Des Moines to the east, on a local train between Omaha and Chicago.[3][4]
The depot, which was abandoned by the railroad in 1977, is the only structure that remains in Stuart from its heyday as a railroad town.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b M.H. Bowers. "Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: Stuart Passenger Station". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-08-07. with photos
- ^ "Rock Island Lines, Table 1, dropped as passenger station from table". Official Guide of the Railways. 98 (2). National Railway Publication Company. December 1964.
- ^ "Rock Island Lines, Table 1, dropped as passenger station from table". Official Guide of the Railways. 82 (3). National Railway Publication Company. July 1965.
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