Whitewater, WI: 1891-51+1974 (City Market and Museum)/Milwaukee Depot

Market: (Satellite, 98 photos)

Museum: (Satellite)

Street View, Oct 2022

Doug Mattson posted
Jim Kelling shared
Whitewater Wisconsin (Milwaukee Road)
Dennis DeBruler: It is now a museum and city market,
 https://maps.app.goo.gl/3xnBtU6nyTu8HGmv7.

Dean Kurowski posted three photos with the comment: "Right here in my town,  Whitewater, Wisconsin.  Still standing and in great shape for a 133 year old Depot. Line is currently Wisconsin & Southern"

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This topo map marks the location of the depot.

1960/62 Whitewater Quad @ 62,500

1939 Aerial Photo from WIHAP

Racine Railroad Products posted four photos with the comment:

In Whitewater, WI the railroad first arrived in 1852. The frame depot that was erected was replaced in 1891 with a brick building in the High Victorian Gothic style. The Whitewater passenger depot served the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad, later known as the Milwaukee Road. The depot was designed by J.T.W. Jennings, who was the architect for the Milwaukee Road from 1885-1893.

Passenger train service to Whitewater ended in 1951. The depot was home to a garden supply store during the sixties and purchased by the city in 1973. It was then leased to the Whitewater Historical Society. The Depot Museum opened in 1974, and the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.

Address: 301 W. Whitewater Street, Whitewater, WI

Sources: Whitewater Historical Society, Wisconsin Historical Society

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