Ashland station (Soo Line) explained

Ashland

Type:

Former Soo Line passenger rail station

Style:

Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad

Address:

320 Depot Dr, Ashland, Wisconsin 54806

Opened:

1889

Closed:

January 6, 1959

Nrhp:

Soo Line Depot
Embed:	yes
Built:	1889
Architect:	Wisconsin Central Railroad
Architecture:	Richardsonian Romanesque
Architecture:	Late Victorian, Picturesque according to NRIS--->
Added:	November 3, 1988
Area:	less than one acre
Refnum:	88002177

The Ashland station or Soo Line Depot in Ashland, Wisconsin, United States, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It is a brownstone building and was used by the Wisconsin Central and later by the Soo Line Railroad.^[1] ^[2]

Passenger train service to the Soo Line Depot ended on January 6, 1959, when trains 117 and 118 were discontinued from Ashland to Spencer.^[3]

References

News: Manthei. Sharon. Ashland's Soo Line Depot remains a link to the past. 2013-03-31. Ashland Daily Press. 2004-09-23.
Web site: Mathis. Gregory R.. Preserving Wisconsin's Civic Legacy - A Guide to Rehabilitating and Reusing Local Government Properties. National Trust for Historic Preservation. 2013-03-31. Saleh Van Erem.
News: Soo Line Railroad discontinuing passenger train service on Ashland-Spencer line. Iron County Miner. January 9, 1959. October 13, 2022.