Milwaukee Road Freight House

Milwaukee Road Freight House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The property in 2017.
44°04′59″N 103°13′39″W / 44.08306°N 103.22750°W / 44.08306; -103.22750
Built	1923
NRHP reference No.	88003200
Added to NRHP	January 19, 1989

The Milwaukee Road Freight House in Rapid City, South Dakota, United States, was built by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (also known as The Milwaukee Road) in 1923 to store and ship freight. The building is single storey, rectangular, and constructed of brick. Offices were placed at one end with warehouse space occupying the rest of the building. Large freight doors and bays are along each side. The circa 1915 depot is located east of the freight house.

The Milwaukee Road built its line from eastern South Dakota to Rapid City in 1906–07. With the increase of tourists in the late 1910s, the railroad built the freight house. It was built of brick. The design was a modern one, based on other early 20th century commercial buildings. When The Milwaukee Road went bankrupt and abandoned its lines in South Dakota in 1980, it sold the freight house to local businesses for use as offices.

The freight house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its association with The Milwaukee Road and railroad development in South Dakota.

References

• Geiger, Lee. Milwaukee Road Freight House (Pennington County, South Dakota) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, 1989. On file at the National Park Service.

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National Register of Historic Places in Pennington County, South Dakota

National Historic Site

• Minuteman Missile National Historic Site‡

Districts

• Burlington and Quincy High Line Hill City to Keystone Branch
• Civilian Conservation Corp Camp F-10
• Gramberg Ranch
• Josef and Marie Kudrna Homestead and Ranch
• Madison Ranch
• Mount Rushmore National Memorial
• Mystic Townsite Historic District
• Otho Mining District
• Rapid City Historic Commercial District
• Rapid City West Boulevard Historic District

Buildings

Commercial/ Industrial	C.E. McEachron General Merchandise Calumet Hotel Casper Supply Company of SD Dean Motor Company Fairmont Creamery Company Building Gambrill Storage Building Harney Peak Hotel Harney Peak Tin Mining Company Buildings House and Sawmill Johnson Siding Keystone Trading Company Store Milwaukee Road Freight House Motor Service Company Nichols Funeral Home Building Rapid City Fruit Company Rapid City Garage Rapid City Laundry Sitting Bull Crystal Cavern Dance Pavilion Swander Bakery Building Von Woehrmann Building
Education	Keystone School Rapid City Carnegie Library Rapid City High School Rapid City Historical Museum
Government/Civic	Pennington County Courthouse Rapid City Masonic Temple
Religious	Chapel in the Hills Church of the Immaculate Conception Emmanuel Episcopal Church First Congregational Church Quinn Methodist Church
Residential	Black Hills Model Home Lewis Byron House Cassidy House Feigel House Golden Summit Mine Foreman's Cabin Zack Holmes House Pap Madison Cabin † Maurice Nelson House Michael Quinn House Glenn W. Shaw House

Objects

• Dinosaur Park
• Wasta Rest Stop Tipis

Sites

• Archeological Site No. 39PN376
• Harney Peak Lookout Tower, Dam, Pumphouse and Stairway
• Site No. 39 PN 57
• Site No. 39 PN 108
• Site No. 39 PN 438
• Site No. 39 PN 439

Structures

• South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 52-575-383
• South Dakota Department of Transportation Bridge No. 52-824-300

Footnotes

‡This historic property also has portions in an adjacent county.
† This entry has been removed from the registry.

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Pennington County, South Dakota and List of National Historic Landmarks in South Dakota