RESTORED BN DEPOT & WWII MUSEUM

The Depot, completed in 1903 by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (CB&Q) Railroad, replaced an earlier wooden structure. In 1990s, a group of citizens formed Save Our Depot, Inc. (SOD) to avert demolition of the Depot by the Burlington Northern. SOD restored and preserved the Depot by securing numerous grants and in-kind donations. The restored Depot was rededicated as a museum in December 2003 to celebrate its 100 th anniversary... The Depot building is architecturally significant due to its Richardson Romanesque Revival Style which influenced the first Chicago School of Architecture and prominent architects such as Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. Key design preserved in the Depot include recessed window arches, polychromatic use of two colors of stone, hip roof, arches that sit on the columns and stone stringer courses. For this reason, the Depot is listed on the National Register of Historic Places... Celebrate Red Oak's railroad and military heritage at the Restored BN..

Primary location: Red Oak United States