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Photograph of Neenah station
Photograph by Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Chicago and Norhwestern Railroad Depot

Built in 1892 (Romanesque Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

From the record

“The Neenah station, otherwise known as the Neenah-Menasha station or Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot is a historic railroad station located at 500 N. The station was built in 1892 for the Chicago and North Western Railway.”

Wikipedia article Neenah station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 85 National Register listings published here for Winnebago County · listed in 1994 · category: Building · built in 1892, Romanesque Revival architecture, by Charles Sumner Frost.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. 500 N. Commercial St., Neenah, 54952
  • When was it listed? March 1994
  • Category. building
  • City. Neenah city
  • When was it built? 1892
  • Architectural style. Romanesque Revival architecture
  • Architect. Charles Sumner Frost
  • National Register reference number. 94000134 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

17 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Chicago and Norhwestern Railroad Depot between 2018 and 2020, burning about 9 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources106
15 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources112
11 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1711
3 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1386
24 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources96
12 July 2018Fireworksunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1485
19 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1260
13 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources1218

Every fire recorded in Winnebago County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Chicago and Norhwestern Railroad Depot: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Deitz QuarryStoneUnknown
Badger Highway Menasha QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Curtiss QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jorgenson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Schultz QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Winnebago County

Storms near this property

40 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Neenah, the town this property stands in, in 40 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 21 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 heavy rain, 2 lightning. The reports record 4 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2010Thunderstorm WindNeenah4 hurtA tree and several large limbs were blown over by thunderstorm winds at Riverside Park during a concert. Four people were taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindNeenah$5,000,000Thunderstorm downburst wind gusts, estimated in the 75 to 100 mph range, caused major damage to 2 large industrial buildings in the Neenah-Menasha area. Much of the west-facing wall of one building was blow inward. The high winds also downed trees and power lines, knocked down an 80-foot ham radio tower, bent a large flagpole, downed fences and threw a carport into a yard two houses down the street.
May 2002HailNeenah$400,000no account filed
August 1995Thunderstorm WindNeenah$100,000no account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindNeenah$60,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindNeenah$50,000no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindNeenah$5,000no account filed
August 2018LightningNeenah$2,000Lightning struck a tree outside a home near Neenah. Current traveled through underground wiring for dog fencing to the base unit inside the home, causing it to burn. The home sustained smoke damage to the wall and floor. Current also traveled through other underground wiring, burning out a boat lift and knocking out power to a detached garage.
August 2018FloodNeenah$2,000Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms caused flooding of some streets Neenah. At least a couple of cars became stranded in the flooded streets.
August 2005Tornado (F0)Neenah$1,000no account filed
April 2023HailNeenah-Quarter size hail fell in Neenah.
April 2023HailNeenah-Nickel size hail fell near Neenah.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindNeenah-Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in Neenah. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNeenah-Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 60 mph in Neenah. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar data.
July 2020HailNeenah-Nickel size hail fell in Neenah.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindNeenah-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Neenah. The time of this event is an estimate based on radar data.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindNeenah-A thunderstorms wind gust of 62 MPH was measured in Neenah.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindNeenah-Thunderstorm winds knocked several trees and branches onto power lines in Neenah. The time of this report was estimated based on radar data.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindNeenah-Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 58 mph as the storms passed through Neenah.
June 2013Heavy RainNeenah-Thunderstorms produced 1.5 to 2 inches of rain in Neenah over a two-hour period, resulting in some street flooding.
June 2012Heavy RainNeenah-Heavy rainfall produced some street flooding in Neenah. Water was as high as the bottom of an SUV at the intersection of Maple Street and Haylett Street.
June 2012HailNeenah-Thunderstorms produced half dollar size hail for about 6 minutes in Neenah.
June 2011Heavy RainNeenah-A slow-moving area of thunderstorms with heavy rainfall produced minor urban flooding of streets and low-lying areas in Neenah.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindNeenah-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in the city of Neenah.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindNeenah-Thunderstorm winds gusting to 65 mph downed trees in Neenah.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindNeenah-An estimated 60 mph wind gust was reported in the town of Neenah.
April 2006HailNeenah-no account filed
July 2006Thunderstorm WindNeenah-no account filed
May 2002Funnel CloudNeenah-no account filed
May 2001HailNeenah-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindNeenah-no account filed
August 2001Thunderstorm WindNeenah-no account filed
September 2001Thunderstorm WindNeenah-no account filed
May 2000HailNeenah-no account filed
August 2000HailNeenah-no account filed
June 1999LightningNeenah-no account filed
June 1999Funnel CloudNeenah-no account filed
July 1996Thunderstorm WindNeenah-no account filed
July 1996HailNeenah-no account filed
July 1995Thunderstorm WindNeenah-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Winnebago County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Washington Street Historic District0.2 miles1986
Judge J. C. Kerwin House0.4 miles1996
Tayco Street Bridge0.4 miles1986
Frank B. Whiting House0.4 miles2000
Carl Koch Block0.4 miles1986
Ellis Jennings House0.4 miles1992

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 94000134 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Winnebago CountyAll 85 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.