Wilton station (Iowa)

Wilton

Former Rock Island Line passenger rail station
General information
Location| Cherry Street and East Third Street, Wilton, Iowa 52778
History
Closed| 1974
Rebuilt| 1898
Services
| Preceding station  | Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad | Following station

|
|

Moscow

toward Colorado Springs

|  | Main Line  |  | Durant

toward Chicago

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad-Wilton Depot

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

U.S. Historic district
Contributing property

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Location| N. Railroad St.
Wilton, Iowa
Coordinates| 41°35′16″N 91°0′58″W﻿ / ﻿41.58778°N 91.01611°W﻿ / 41.58778; -91.01611
Area| less than one acre
Built| 1898
Architectural style| Romanesque
Part of| Wilton Commercial Historic District (ID16000606)
NRHP reference No.| 88001326[1]
Added to NRHP| August 25, 1988

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad-Wilton Depot is an historic building located in Wilton, Iowa, United States. The Mississippi and Missouri Railroad built the first rail line in 1855 in what would be called Wilton Junction.[2] The railroad became the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (CRI&P) a few years later. A wooden frame depot and a separate freight facility served the community. The railroad placed their repair and maintenance center in Wilton, and it remained here until 1881 when they started to move operations to Davenport and Muscatine. Rail service continued to increase along the CRI&P, which necessitated a new depot in Wilton.[3] This single-story, brick Romanesque Revival structure was completed in 1898. Six passenger trains stopped in Wilton in 1911, and by 1922 same-day service to and from Chicago began.

While the number of freight trains passing through town numbered five or six by 1947, the number of passenger trains declined to one local Chicago to Des Moines train, westbound-only in 1953.[4] The station was finally dropped from passenger timetables in 1954.[5] The depot received part-time freight service from 1963 to 1974, when the depot closed.

After the building served as a freight depot it went into decline until the Wilton Historical Society obtained and restored it. The former depot was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1] In 2016 it was included as a contributing property in the Wilton Commercial Historic District.[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. ^ "Local Sights". City of Wilton. Retrieved April 23, 2012.
3. ^ James E. Jacobsen. "Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad-Wilton Depot". National Park Service. Retrieved May 28, 2017. with photo(s)
4. ^ "Rock Island Lines, Table 1". Official Guide of the Railways. 87 (7). National Railway Publication Company. December 1953.
5. ^ "Rock Island Lines, Table 1, dropped as passenger station from table". Official Guide of the Railways. 87 (7). National Railway Publication Company. December 1954.
6. ^ Jan Olive Full. "Wilton Commercial Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2018. Retrieved May 28, 2017.

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Wilton|

* Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad-Wilton Depot
* Doctor Alexander R. (A.R.) and Louisa J. Leith House
* Wilton Candy Kitchen
* Wilton Commercial Historic District

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Muscatine County, Iowa and List of National Historic Landmarks in Iowa
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