The South Milwaukee Passenger Station is a historic

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located at 1111 Milwaukee Ave.,

South Milwaukee, Wisconsin South Milwaukee is a city in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 20,795 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. History South Milwaukee was laid out in 1891 by the South Milwaukee com ...

. The station was built in 1893 for the Chicago & Northwestern Railway replacing a frame depot from 1885. Architect Charles Sumner Frost designed the Romanesque station. With The depot, located on the east (southbound) platform, included ladies and gentlemen's waiting rooms, restrooms, a ticket office, freight office, train dispatcher's office, and two large rooms for baggage, express, and storage. Following complaints from station agent Edwin Myers in 1947, the station was renovated. The arched porch area and several doorways were bricked in and many of the windows were boarded up with plywood. In 1971, the station closed when the line was cut back from Milwaukee to Kenosha.

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soon replaced private passenger rail service in the United States. The depot was added to the

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in 1978.

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{{reflist Buildings and structures in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Romanesque Revival architecture in Wisconsin Railway stations in the United States opened in 1893 Former Chicago and North Western Railway stations National Register of Historic Places in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Former railway stations in Wisconsin Railway stations in the United States closed in 1971