Bemidji in Beltrami County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Great Northern Depot

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, September 6, 2023

1. Great Northern Depot Marker

Inscription. Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
in 1988
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Erected 2022 by William G. Pomeroy Foundation. (Marker Number 473.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Notable Buildings • Railroads & Streetcars. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places, and the William G. Pomeroy Foundation series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1913.

Location. 47° 28.065′ N, 94° 52.969′ W. Marker is in Bemidji, Minnesota, in Beltrami County. Marker is on Minnesota Avenue Southwest just south of 1st Street West, on the left when traveling south. The marker is mounted at eye-level, directly on the northwest corner of the subject building, facing north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 130 Minnesota Avenue Southwest, Bemidji MN 56601, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Bemidji's Great Northern Depot (within shouting distance of this marker); Paul Bunyan and Babe (approx. ¼ mile away); First Reserve Unit in the United States Called into Active Service in World War I (approx. 0.3 miles away);

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Carnegie Library (approx. 0.4 miles away); Beltrami County History (approx. 0.4 miles away); Historic Beltrami Camp (approx. 5½ miles away); Native American Fishing on the Turtle River (approx. 11.8 miles away); Pottery Types of the Turtle River and Three Island Lake (approx. 11.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bemidji.

Regarding Great Northern Depot. National Register of Historic Places #88000673.

From the National Register Nomination:
The Great Northern Depot is historically significant as an early-twentieth-century railroad building in Bemidji, which owed its initial settlement and prosperity to railroads in general and to the Great Northern Line in particular. In the summer of 1898, Great Northern Railway constructed a line through Bemidji, connecting Fosston on the west with its Duluth Branch at Grand Rapids on the east. This extension was the first major, east-west trackage through the pine lands of north central Minnesota. Its impact on Bemidji was immediate, transforming the village from "an isolated pioneer community into a busy logging town." The Great Northern
via NPS, unknown

2. Great Northern Depot aka Burlington Northern Freight Depot
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completed this new depot in 1913.

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Great Northern Depot

Also see . . . Great Northern Railway Depot/Bemidja Station. Wikipedia entry:
Excerpt:

Bemidji station is a former Great Northern Railway depot in Bemidji, Minnesota, United States. It opened in 1913, replacing a wooden structure built in 1898. It was the last depot commissioned by railroad magnate James J. Hill. The depot served passengers until the late 1950s and continued as a freight depot until the mid-1980s, when it was closed, boarded up, and abandoned. Empty and deteriorating, the building was slated for demolition in the late 20th century. It was saved by a nearly $2 million adaptive reuse effort and now houses the Beltrami County History Center, operated by the Beltrami County Historical Society.

(Submitted on September 6, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, September 6, 2023

3. Great Northern Depot Marker

(marker is on northwest corner of the building, facing north)

Great Northern Depot (<i>north section</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, September 6, 2023

4. Great Northern Depot (north section)

Great Northern Depot (<i>center section</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, September 6, 2023

5. Great Northern Depot (center section)

(currently houses the Beltrami County History Center)

Great Northern Depot (<i>southwest elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, September 6, 2023

6. Great Northern Depot (southwest elevation)

Great Northern Depot (<i>northwest elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, September 6, 2023

7. Great Northern Depot (northwest elevation)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 6, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 59 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 6, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 2. submitted on November 1, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on September 6, 2023, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.