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The Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Depot building located at 231 West Elm Avenue occupied by Cassie's Classic Cuts. Photograph taken in March 2016.Context
Waseca business: Cassie's Classic Cuts. The Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad Depot. This small, yellow Chaska brick building was a passenger depot built by the Minneapolis & St. Louis Lines. The depot, constructed in 1913, replaced earlier depots that had burned. It served passengers until 1959. The building, one of only two remaining passenger depots in all of Waseca County, was threatened with demolition after Depot Liquor closed in 2000. The Waseca City Council purchased the building, and the Waseca Minneapolis & St. Louis Depot Society was formed in order to restore the building, using an innovative mix of public and private funding and over 150 hours of volunteer sweat equity. Society members gutted the interior alterations and un-blocked the bricked up windows, with funding from the City of Waseca, the Minnesota Historical Society, and
private institutions. Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad; M&ST.L; M & St. L; M & St. L; M & St L; transportation, railroad, engines, locomotives, train tracks, engineer, trainmen, steam engine, railroad station, train station, Depot.Cataloged By
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Print, Photographic, DigitalClass
Documentary ArtifactCategory
Communication ArtifactsCreate Date
April 26, 2016Update Date
November 21, 2024