Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Depot (Pella, Iowa)

Pella
Pella
Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station
General information
Location	679 Oskaloosa Street (; Iowa 163 Business), Pella, Iowa 50219
Services
	Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Passenger Depot-Pella
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Junction of Main and Oskaloosa Sts.; Pella, Iowa
Coordinates	41°23′54″N 92°54′57″W / 41.39827°N 92.91597°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1906
MPS	Advent & Development of Railroads in Iowa MPS
NRHP reference No.	91000909
Added to NRHP	July 22, 1991

The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Passenger Depot-Pella, also known as the Pella Depot and the Rolscreen Museum, is a historic building located in Pella, Iowa, United States. The Des Moines Valley Railroad built the first tracks through the area in 1865, and they built a simple frame depot to serve passenger's needs. For 10 years, Pella served as the only rail stop in Marion County until a competing station was built in Knoxville, Iowa by the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad.^[2] The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad leased the Des Moines Valley's tracks beginning in 1878 and provided freight service through 1980. The old frame building was replaced, in 1906, with a single story, brick depot–a conventional building style for the railroad. The new, brick depot served as a passenger station until the latter 1940s. The last passenger service was as a stop on a short line motor train service between Eldon in southeast Iowa and Des Moines.^[3] The station was freight only by 1949.^[4]

In 1975 the future of the depot was thrown into question when the Rock Island Line filed for bankruptcy protection. However, the Pella Corporation, whose headquarters are adjacent, acquired the property and converted the depot into a company museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ W.C. Page. "Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Passenger Depot-Pella". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-07-29. with photos
^ "Rock Island Lines, Table 3". Official Guide of the Railways. 78 (12). National Railway Publication Company. May 1946.
^ "Rock Island Lines, Table 3, dropped as passenger station from table; indicated as freight only in Index of Railroad Stations". Official Guide of the Railways. 82 (3). National Railway Publication Company. August 1949.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[Page-2] W.C. Page. "Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Passenger Depot-Pella". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-07-29. with photos

[3] "Rock Island Lines, Table 3". Official Guide of the Railways. 78 (12). National Railway Publication Company. May 1946.

[4] "Rock Island Lines, Table 3, dropped as passenger station from table; indicated as freight only in Index of Railroad Stations". Official Guide of the Railways. 82 (3). National Railway Publication Company. August 1949.

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