Baraboo
Former Chicago and North Western Railway station
The Baraboo depot in 2018
General information
Location	220 Lynn St., Baraboo, Wisconsin
Coordinates	43°27′55″N 89°44′31″W / 43.46528°N 89.74194°W / 43.46528; -89.74194
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Architect	Frost & Granger
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival
History
Opened	1902
Closed	1963
Services
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station North Freedom toward Minneapolis Chicago – Minneapolis via Madison Devil's Lake toward Chicago
Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	220 Lynn St., Baraboo, Wisconsin
Coordinates	43°27′55″N 89°44′31″W / 43.46528°N 89.74194°W / 43.46528; -89.74194 (Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices)
Area	less than one acre
Built	1902 (1902)
Architect	Frost & Granger
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival
NRHP reference No.	100007642
Added to NRHP	April 25, 2022

Baraboo station, otherwise known as the Baraboo Chicago & North Western Depot and Division Offices 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 219-mile (352 km) 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.^[1] 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.^[2][3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 25, 2022.

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