Avery station

The Avery Depot in Avery, Idaho was built by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (also known as The Milwaukee Road) in 1909 as part of its Pacific Extension into the Pacific Northwest from Chicago, Illinois. Avery was the west end of overhead catenary, which allowed electric locomotives to operate instead of steam engines.[1]

Avery
Former Milwaukee Road passenger rail station
The Avery Depot in 2015
General information
Location10 Depot Road, Avery, Idaho 83802
History
Opened1909
Services
Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station
Ethelton
towards Seattle or Tacoma
 Main Line Falcon
towards Chicago
Avery Depot
Avery station is located in Idaho
Avery station
Avery station is located in the United States
Avery station
LocationAvery, Idaho
Coordinates47°15′03″N 115°48′26″W
Built1909
ArchitectChicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Architectural styleCraftsman
MPSNorth Idaho 1910 Fire Sites TR
NRHP reference No.84001142
Added to NRHPSeptember 20, 1984

The depot is a rectangular single story wood-frame building built in the Craftsman style. At one end is the passenger waiting area with a freight room at the other end. The station agent's office and lunch room ("beanery") are located between the two.

When the railroad went bankrupt in the 1980s, the depot was sold to the town of Avery for use as a community center.

The depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places due to its association with the Great Fire of 1910 as an evacuation site.

References
  • Anonymous. Avery Depot, North Idaho 1910 Fire Sites Thematic Group. On file at the National Park Service, Washington, DC. n.d.
  • Sims, Cort. North Idaho 1910 Fire Sites Thematic Resource National Park Service, Washington, DC. 1984. PDF accessed August 23, 2008.
  1. Jim Kershner (August 12, 2007). "Memory lane". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
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