Avery station

The Avery Depot in Avery, Idaho was built by the Chicago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound Railway (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.

Avery
Former Milwaukee Road passenger rail station
The Avery Depot in 2015
General information
Location	10 Depot Road, Avery, Idaho 83802
Construction
Platform levels	1
History
Opened	1909
Electrified	1916-1974
Services
Preceding station Milwaukee Road Following station Ethelton towards Seattle or Tacoma Main Line Falcon towards Chicago
1909-1961 passenger service
Avery Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Avery, Idaho
Coordinates	47°15′03″N 115°48′26″W
Built	1909
Architect	Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway
Architectural style	Craftsman
MPS	North Idaho 1910 Fire Sites TR
NRHP reference No.	84001142
Added to NRHP	September 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. Today it serves as a community center, museum, post office and library.

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.