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 Former Billings Depot, 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 2320 Montana Avenue Billings, Montana USA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1909 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Northern Pacific Depot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| U.S. Historic district Contributing property | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Roughly bounded by N. 23rd and N. 25th Sts., 1st and Montana Aves., Billings, Montana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 45°47′01″N 108°29′57″W / 45.7837°N 108.4993°W / 45.7837; -108.4993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1882 (1882) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Built by | Northern Pacific Railway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Part of | Billings Historic District (ID79001427) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | March 13, 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Billings station is a historic train depot in the Historic District of downtown Billings, Montana, United States. The depot was constructed to serve as a passenger station for the Northern Pacific Railway, Great Northern and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. All three railroad merged to form the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1970, along with the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway. In 1971 Amtrak took over passenger service throughout the country.
The station has been a contributing property on the Billings Historic District since 1978, listed as the Northern Pacific Depot. The last regular Amtrak train, the North Coast Hiawatha, departed in October 1979.
Today, the depot has been renovated into a popular events center.
External links
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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