Bozeman Depot, Railroad depot in Bozeman, United States
Bozeman Depot is a former Northern Pacific Railway passenger station at 45.68856, -111.02656. The brick station house was completed in 1892 with Romanesque elements including a large central turret, then expanded in 1923–1924 with a southeastern wing; the turret was removed and the facade clad in red brick in a Prairie School-influenced reworking. Closed to the public since 1979, it is used mainly for storage.
The first Bozeman depot opened in 1883 when the Northern Pacific Railway's transcontinental line reached the city. A locomotive cinder set the wooden building alight in 1891, and the replacement, completed in 1892, was built in brick with Romanesque elements including a large central turret. A wing was added in 1923–1924 and the turret removed. Amtrak's North Coast Hiawatha stopped here until October 1979; the depot has been closed and used mainly for storage since.
The depot's name lives on in local memory through the Bozeman Street Railway, whose hydroelectric trolleys ran from the depot to Main Street and Grand Avenue starting July 27, 1892. The line reached Montana State College at Montana Hall before closing on December 15, 1921, after a snowstorm damaged the last car. In summer 1991 the trackside exterior stood in for Missoula Depot in the film A River Runs Through It.
The depot is closed to the public and used mainly for storage, so it can only be seen from the trackside exterior. It stands along the former Northern Pacific line in Bozeman; the old Northern Pacific freight depot nearby houses Montana Ale Works, a pub open since 2000.
In summer 1991 the depot's trackside exterior stood in for Missoula Depot in the film A River Runs Through It. The building has been closed to the public and used mainly for storage since Amtrak ended the North Coast Hiawatha in October 1979.
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