Wednesday, January 27, 2021

1959 photos of the Fond Du Lac train station depot


Fond du Lac – Soo Line By the 1880s, Fond du lac was the state’s second largest city and already a railway center. The Wisconsin Central began building southward from Menasha at that time and in 1882 built a unique and very modern (for 1882) station in Fond du Lac.

It was built in the then-emerging Queen Anne style, popular from 1880 to around 1910 as a residential style. However, it was difficult to adapt Queen Anne to commercial and special-use buildings and therefore there are few examples of these, making the Fond du Lac station a unique structure.

Skipping a discussion of the architectural details, it is sufficient to say that Fond du Lac was a well-done example of this style in a non-residential building. However, it should be noted that there are details in the drawings that were not executed in construction, notably the decorative chimney and the balcony railings in front of the dormers.


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