The Milwaukee Road Depot in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin is a

railroad depot A train station, railway station, railroad station or depot is a Rail transport, railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passenger train, passengers, freight rail transport, freight or both. It generally consists of at least one r ...

built in 1896 and operated by the

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (CMStP&P), often referred to as the "Milwaukee Road" , was a Class I railroad that operated in the Midwest and Northwest of the United States from 1847 until 1986. The company experience ...

. It is a one-story hip-roofed building clad in split granite. The station served the '' Twin Cities Hiawatha'' from its formation in 1935 to its discontinuation in 1971, and now operates a
Maxim's Restaurant
On display outside is a

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and

Northern Pacific Railway The Northern Pacific Railway was a transcontinental railroad that operated across the northern tier of the western United States, from Minnesota to the Pacific Northwest. It was approved by Congress in 1864 and given nearly of land grants, whic ...

1923, a

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that operated on the Kettle Moraine Scenic Railway which was later renovated and painted red. The

Canadian Pacific Railway The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...

's single-tracked Watertown Subdivision remains next to the depot. The depot was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1980 and on the State Register of Historic Places in 1989.

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Maxim's Restaurant
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Waukesha County, Wisconsin Former railway stations in Wisconsin Charles Sumner Frost buildings Victorian architecture in Wisconsin Railway stations in the United States opened in 1896

Oconomowoc Oconomowoc ( ) is a city in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, United States. The name was derived from Coo-no-mo-wauk, the Potawatomi term for "waterfall." The population was 15,712 at the 2010 census. The city is partially adjacent to the Town of Oc ...