Missoula station (Northern Pacific Railway)

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|address= Railroad and Higgins Avenue, Missoula, Montana

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Missoula, Montana

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The Missoula station in Missoula, Montana, was built by the Northern Pacific Railway in 1901. The current structure is the third depot built in Missoula by the Northern Pacific, which reached Missoula in 1883.McDonald, Babcock 1984, p. 3. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, as the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot.

History

The coming of the Northern Pacific Railway to Missoula ensured the town's economic prosperity as a major transportation hub in Western Montana.McDonald, Babcock 1984, p. 6. The first depot in Missoula was constructed in 1883 and was located approximately {{convert|800|ft|m}} west of the current structure. This depot was planned to be replaced in 1896, but the replacement depot was destroyed by arson before it was completed. The current depot, which was completed in 1901, was designed by architects Reed and Stem of St. Paul, Minnesota, in a simplified Renaissance Revival style of architecture. Reed and Stem designed over 100 railroad depots, including the Grand Central Terminal in New York City.Missoula Downtown AssociationBelle 2000, p. 52.

The depot is constructed of beige Roman brick that had been salvaged by Northern Pacific from the railroad's abandoned Olympian Hotel project in Tacoma, Washington, that would later be rebuilt as Stadium High School. Bricks from that hotel would also be used to construct a depot at Wallace, Idaho the same year. The Missoula depot features a main three-story structure flanked by one story wings on each side. The main structure is divided by brick columns into six bays, with the outer four columns on each side sporting the Northern Pacific black and red yin-yang logo. The wings are likewise divided into four bays. The main structure has a hipped roof with terra cotta tiles, while the wings feature flat roofs.McDonald, Babcock 1984, p. 2.

Passenger trains of the Northern Pacific stopped at the depot through 1971, when passenger service in the United States was taken over by Amtrak. Amtrak continued to provide service to Missoula with the North Coast Hiawatha until 1979.4.0 Passenger Rail, p. 1. The tracks are now used for freight only, and are owned by BNSF.

The depot was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 28, 1985, and is considered to be the most prominent structure symbolizing the importance of the railroad in developing and transforming Missoula's economy.

Near the depot is the preserved Northern Pacific #1356 4-6-0 steam locomotive.Northern Pacific locomotive 1356Google Maps

References

=Bibliography=

{{cite book|ref=refBelle|last=Belle|first=John|title=Grand Central: Gateway to a Million Lives|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|year=2000|url=https://archive.org/details/grandcentralgate0000bell|url-access=registration|accessdate=August 8, 2013}}
{{cite web|ref=refMcDonald|url={{NRHP url|id=85000644}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Northern Pacific Railroad Depot|publisher=National Register of Historic Places|author=McDonald, James R. and William Babcock|date=December 1984}}
{{Citation|ref=refPassenger|title=4.0 Passenger Rail: 2010 Montana State Rail Plan|publisher=Cambridge Systematics, Inc. |year=2010|url=http://www.mdt.mt.gov/publications/docs/brochures/railways/railplan_sect4.pdf|accessdate=August 8, 2013}}
{{google maps|ref=refMaps|url=https://maps.google.com/?ll=46.874863,-113.99137&spn=0.001155,0.00284&t=h&z=19|title=Aerial View of Northern Pacific 1356|accessdate=August 8, 2013}}
{{cite web|ref=refDowntown|url=http://www.missouladowntown.com/play/historic-walking-tour/|title=Historic Walking Tour: Downtown Historic Buildings|publisher=Missoula Downtown Association|accessdate=August 8, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120128173618/http://www.missouladowntown.com/play/historic-walking-tour/|archive-date=January 28, 2012|url-status=dead}}
{{cite web|title=National Register Information System|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/nrhp/Download?path=/natreg/docs/All_Data.html|publisher=National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service|date=2009-03-13|ref=refNRIS}}
{{cite web|ref=refPhoto|url=http://content.lib.umt.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/pharchives/id/7629/rec/11|title=Northern Pacific locomotive 1356, Missoula.|publisher=University of Montana|accessdate=August 8, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140518074559/http://content.lib.umt.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/pharchives/id/7629/rec/11|archivedate=May 18, 2014}}

External links

{{commons category-inline|Northern Pacific Railroad Depot (Missoula, Montana)}}
[http://www.trainweb.org/usarail/missoula.htm Missoula, Montana – TrainWeb]

Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana

Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1901

Category:Former Amtrak stations in Montana

Category:Former Northern Pacific Railway stations

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Missoula, Montana

Category:Reed and Stem buildings

Category:Transportation in Missoula County, Montana

Category:1901 establishments in Montana

Category:Renaissance Revival architecture in Montana

Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1979

Missoula station (Northern Pacific Railway)

History

See also

References

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