Mayville station (North Dakota)

Great Northern Railway Depot
Location Front St., Mayville, North Dakota
Coordinates 47°30′0″N 97°19′26″W / 47.50000°N 97.32389°W / 47.50000; -97.32389Coordinates: 47°30′0″N 97°19′26″W / 47.50000°N 97.32389°W / 47.50000; -97.32389
Area less than one acre
Built 1897
Built by Great Northern Railway
NRHP reference # 77001033[1]
Added to NRHP October 5, 1977

Mayville station is a historic train station on Front St. in Mayville, North Dakota. It was built in 1897. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977 as the Great Northern Railway Depot.[1]

A predecessor building was burned in a fire. This building, as a new depot, was built in style "noticeably superior to the type of facility usually provided a community the size of Mayville."[2]

The depot is now home to the Goose River Heritage Center, a museum of local history.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Dawn Maddox (December 28, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Great Northern Railway Depot / Burlington Northern, Incorporated, Depot / Goose River Heritage Center". National Park Service. and accompanying photos
  3. ↑ "Goose River Heritage Center Museum". Visit ND. Retrieved 14 December 2014.


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