Duluth Union Depot - Duluth, MN
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N 46° 46.890 W 092° 06.245
15T E 568389 N 5181273
This is the Union Depot in Duluth, MN - listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Building #71001028.
Waymark Code: WM4EQN
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2008
Views: 63
The former Union Railroad Depot was built in 1892 by the Boston firm of Peabody, Stearns and Furber. By 1910, the Union Depot was serving seven different rail lines with up to 5,000 people passing through its doors daily. In 1971, this beautiful landmark, in the French Norman architectural style, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
After it served its last train and underwent major renovations, the Union Depot reopened in 1973 as an area cultural center. Now called the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center's Historic Union Depot (better known as "the Depot"), the historic part of the building houses exhibits by four different museums and its theater wing functions as a studio and administrative home to five performing arts organizations.
Street address:
5th Ave., W. and Michigan St.
Duluth, MN USA
55802
County / Borough / Parish: St. Louis
Year listed: 1971
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1875-1899
Historic function: Transportation, Rail-Related
Current function: Commerce/Trade, Museum
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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