Baraboo station

{{Short description|Historic railway station in Wisconsin, U.S.}}

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| name = Baraboo

| type = Former Chicago and North Western Railway station

| style = Chicago and North Western Railway

| image = Baraboo_depot.jpg

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| image_caption = The Baraboo depot in 2018

| address = 220 Lynn St., Baraboo, Wisconsin

| coordinates = {{coord|43|27|55|N|89|44|31|W}}

| line = Reedsburg Subdivision

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| structure = At-grade

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| opened = 1902

| closed = 1963

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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Chicago and North Western Railway|line1=Chicago-Minneapolis via Madison|left1=North Freedom|right1=Devil's Lake}}

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| architect = Frost & Granger

| architectural_style = Romanesque Revival

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| name = Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices

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| location= 220 Lynn St., Baraboo, Wisconsin

| coordinates = {{coord|43|27|55|N|89|44|31|W|region:US_type:landmark|name=Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Wisconsin

| built = {{Start date|1902}}

| architecture = Romanesque Revival

| architect = Frost & Granger

| added = April 25, 2022

| area = less than one acre

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Baraboo station is a former railway station in Baraboo, Wisconsin, built be the Chicago and North Western Railway (C&NW). The depot served both passengers and freight traffic as well as housing the Madison Division offices of the C&NW. The Madison Division covered a {{convert|219|mile|adj=on}} line from Belvidere, Illinois to Medary, Wisconsin. The depot was designed by the team of Frost and Granger, who designed more than 200 depots for the C&NW. This particular depot was built in the Romanesque Revival style.{{cite web|url=https://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Records/NationalRegister/NR2720|title=Wisconsin Historical Society:Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices|access-date=November 12, 2022}} Passenger service to the depot ended in 1963 with the elimination of the Rochester 400. As of 2022, the Sauk County Historical Society hopes to restore the depot into a museum and community gathering space.{{cite web|url=https://saukcountyhistory.org/baraboodepot|title=Baraboo’s Historic depot and Division office to be Restored|access-date=November 12, 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wiscnews.com/news/local/sauk-county-historical-society-aims-to-restore-historic-baraboo-depot/article_6902af02-a428-5e13-9037-c785222afbae.html|title=Sauk County Historical Society hopes to restore historic Baraboo depot|author=Bridget Cooke|publication-date=January 5, 2021|access-date=November 12, 2022}}

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 25, 2022 as Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices.