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(Redirected from Chicago and Northwestern Depot (Sycamore, Illinois)) This article is about the railway station in Sycamore. For the railway station in Wilmette, see Chicago and Northwestern Depot (Wilmette, Illinois).
Sycamore
Former Chicago and North Western Railway station
General information
LocationSacramento and DeKalb Sts., Sycamore, Illinois
Coordinates41°59′2″N 88°41′39″W / 41.98389°N 88.69417°W / 41.98389; -88.69417
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
History
Opened1865
Services
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station
Henriettatoward Belvidere Belvidere – Spring Valley DeKalbtoward Spring Valley
Services at Main Street Station
Preceding station Chicago Great Western Railway Following station
Claretoward Omaha Omaha – Chicago Richardsontoward Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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LocationSacramento and DeKalb Sts., Sycamore, Illinois
Coordinates41°59′2″N 88°41′39″W / 41.98389°N 88.69417°W / 41.98389; -88.69417
Arealess than one acre
Built1865
NRHP reference No.78003101
Added to NRHPDecember 8, 1978

The Chicago and Northwestern Depot is a historic railway station located at the northeast corner of Sacramento and DeKalb Streets in Sycamore, Illinois. The station was built in 1865 to serve as Sycamore's main railway station. While Sycamore was bypassed by the Chicago and Northwestern Railway (C&NW) in the early 1850s, several community leaders developed and built the Sycamore, Cortland, and Chicago Railway to link Sycamore to the C&NW at Cortland. The original line, which opened in 1855, lacked an engine and pulled railcars by mule; as the railway became more successful, it was able to purchase an engine and build the station in Sycamore. The station has an Italianate design which resembles contemporary DeKalb architecture but is noticeably different from the standardized depots built elsewhere in the C&NW system. The branch and station were acquired by the C&NW in 1883.

The station was added to the National Register on December 8, 1978. At the time of its listing, it was being used as a warehouse by ITT-Holub Industries.

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Murray, Arthur; Flemming, Jeffrey S. (August 11, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Chicago and Northwestern Depot" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 13, 2016. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
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