Fergus Falls station (Northern Pacific Railway)

	Northern Pacific Depot
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	423 S. Cascade St.; Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Coordinates	46°16′46.9″N 96°04′18.2″W / 46.279694°N 96.071722°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1920
Built by	J.E. Conlin
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Railroads in Minnesota MPS
NRHP reference No.	100007347
Added to NRHP	January 7, 2022

Fergus Falls station is a historic building located in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022 as the Northern Pacific Depot.^[1]

History

The St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway, later known as the Great Northern Railway, was the first railroad to reach Fergus Falls in 1879.^[2] George B. Wright, who developed the city, continued to lobby the Northern Pacific Railway to come here and they arrived in 1882. Its first depot was located on the site of the present building. The wood-frame structure suffered two fires with the second fire destroying it in 1892. The second depot at this location was also a wood-frame building that was destroyed in fire in 1903. A third frame depot was completed the same year and it was destroyed in the 1919 Fergus Falls tornado.

The present brick Neoclassical depot was completed in 1920. The combination passenger and freight depot was built on the location of the former freight depot. It was a larger facility than any other of the previous depots in Fergus Falls, which suggests the increase in business for the Northern Pacific over the years.^[2] The last passenger train left the depot in 1959. The facility continued to serve as a freight depot until 1970 when it closed after the Northern Pacific merged with other railroads to form the Burlington Northern Railroad. Operations in Fergus Falls were transferred to the former Great Northern Depot, which now houses the Otter Tail Valley Railroad. After sitting empty for years, the former Northern Pacific depot was renovated in 2014.^[3] It now houses a restaurant.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Program: Weekly List". National Park Service. January 14, 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
^ ^a ^b Emily Ganzel; Rolf Anderson. "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Northern Pacific Depot" (PDF). State of Minnesota. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
^ Editorial Board (July 7, 2014). "Our Opinion: Renovating railroad depot a good move" (PDF). The Daily Journal. Fergus Falls. Retrieved 2022-02-18.

Preceding station	Northern Pacific Railway			Following station
Foxhome toward Oakes		Fergus Falls Branch		Wall Lake toward Wadena

[NPS-1] "National Register of Historic Places Program: Weekly List". National Park Service. January 14, 2022. Retrieved 2022-02-18.

[Anderson-2] Emily Ganzel; Rolf Anderson. "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: Northern Pacific Depot" (PDF). State of Minnesota. Retrieved 2022-02-18.

[Journal-3] Editorial Board (July 7, 2014). "Our Opinion: Renovating railroad depot a good move" (PDF). The Daily Journal. Fergus Falls. Retrieved 2022-02-18.

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