• Source: Neenah station

      • The Neenah station, otherwise known as the Neenah-Menasha station or Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot is a historic railroad station located at 500 N. Commercial Street in Neenah, Wisconsin. The station was built in 1892 for the Chicago and North Western Railway. The depot was designed by Charles Sumner Frost in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. Passenger service on the line was ceased in 1971.
      The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1994.


      Named trains


      In 1962, the Neenah station served three daily trains northbound (four on Sunday) to Green Bay and beyond to Ishpeming, MI, as well as three daily trains southbound to Chicago. These included:

      Commuter 400
      Flambeau 400
      Green Bay 400
      Northwoods Fisherman
      Peninsula 400
      Valley 400


      Other stations in Neenah


      The Soo Line Railroad also served Neenah. Passenger train service to the Soo Line station ended on January 15, 1965, when the Soo Line Laker between Chicago and the Twin Cities was discontinued.


      References



      Adams, Peter J.Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form, 1992. On file at the National Park Service.

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