HENNEPIN COUNTY

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EXISTING STATIONS
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Current
Location
Type Date
Built
Current
Use
Track
Status
Building
Material
More
Info
Deephaven 20405 Park Place
(GPS: 44.925049, -93.540779)
C ???? Residence None Wood
Deephaven On the east side of Parkway Street, 3rd house north of Azure Road.
(GPS: 46.362767,-92.945994)
C 1887 Residence ???? Wood
Eden Prairie Next to the bikepath between
Eden Prairie Road and West 78th Street
(GPS:44.856315, -93.481907)
C 2022 Pump Station None Wood  
Excelsior 305 Water Street
(GPS: 44.901692, -93.567034)
C 1952 Museum None Wood  
hopkins West of the US 169 overpass
(GPS: 44.922151, -93.402746)
C 1928 Railroad In Use Wood  
hopkins 9451 Excelsior Boulevard
(GPS: 44.923762, -93.399268)
C 1902  Business In Use Brick
Manitou Station
(Tonka Bay)
4831 Manitou Road
(GPS: 44.916893, -93.588516)
P ???? Residence None Wood
Maple Plain Sits on a farm at 16350 CR-20 near Watertown in Carver County. C 1904  Private None Wood
minneapolis    East corner of Washington Avenue and 3rd Avenue
(GPS: 44.980166, -93.263537)
1899  Business  Gone  Brick
minneapolis 201 3rd Avenue South
(GPS: 44.980796, -93.263193)
F 1879 Business Gone Brick
minneapolis
50 North 4th Avenue
(GPS: 44.987691, -93.270771)
F 1910 Condos Gone Brick  
minnehaha  South Minnehaha Drive in Minnehaha Falls Park
(GPS: 44.914171, -93.211312)
1875  Civic  Gone  Wood
mound Surfside Park on Bartlett Boulevard
(GPS: 44.928353, -93.671120)
C 1915 Civic None Wood
Shoreham
(Sandy Lake)
About 150 feet north of the derelict roundhouse at the former Soo classification yard, Shoreham, Columbia Avenue North and 28th Avenue NE, Minneapolis .
(GPS: 45.020899,-93.251052)
P 1887 Vacant In Use Brick
St. louis park Norvig Park at West 37th Street &
Brunswick Avenue South
(GPS: 44.936969, -93.358022)
C 1887 Museum None Wood
wayzata 402 East Lake Street
(GPS: 44.969890, -93.516308)
C 1906 Museum In Use Wood &
Stucco
Woodland
(Breezypoint)
East side of Maplewood Road just north of Maple Ridge Road. P ???? Residence Gone Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station
Name
Original
Railroad
Notes
Armstrong There was a station here before the growth of Maple Plain.
Bass lake Station Now part of Plymouth, this station was in the vicinity of Zachary Lane North, south of 53rd Avenue. It was a short distance to the east of Staffordsville Station. In 1898, Bass Lake and Staffordsville were the only two stations in the township.
Cedar Lake According to valuation records, this station measured 16' x 37' and was built in 1897.
Cedar Lake The 1967 Official railway Guide lists CNW as having a freight station in Cedar Lake, so this may hvae been the building (as the CNW took over the M&St.L in 1960).
Cottagewood
Station
This station was to the west of the Deephaven Station at the intersection of Cottagewood Road and Minnetonka Boulevard.
Crystal Bay
(Markville)
This station was on Railroad Avenue just north of North Shore Drive on the east side of the tracks at GPS: 44.953110, -93.576186. The name of this town was changed from Markville to Crystal Bay in 1906. The station is shown on the 1912 Minneapolis Sanborn Map (Vol. 6, Sheet 709).
Crystal This station was on the west side of Douglas Drive North between 52nd Avenue North and 51st Place North.
Eddy Station This station was near where Pond View Drive is today, to the west of Eureka Road.
Eden prairie 
(Washburn)
  Built in 1871 and torn down in 1934, this station was located east of Eden Prairie Road at approximately GPS: 44.854360, -93.484790.
Edina
(Atwood Spur)
This station was 50 feet south of the Dewey Hill Road crossing.
Edina
(Brookside)
This station was on the east side of Brookside Avenue south of 48th Street in the vicinity of GPS: 44.914942, -93.353640.
Eureka This station was located at the intersection of Smithtown Road, Smithtown Way, and Eureka Road.
Excelsior    This station, built in 1883, predates the existing station. It was in essentially the same location on Water Street at 3rd Street (GPS: 44.901692, -93.567034).
Excelsior The GN station was right across the tracks from the M&St.L station on the SE side of Water Street. It was on the south side of the tracks. The M&St.L station was on the north side of its tracks.
Fairview This station was on Fairview Street in the vicinity of Sleepy Hollow Road in the northern part of Greenwood. This station was just a short distance north of the station on Solberg's Point.
Fairview  
Ferndale This station was on the west side of Ferndale Road South in the western part of Wayzata. It was on the south side of the tracks.
Golden valley  
Groveland Park This station was somewhere in the area near the intersection of Grays Bay Boulevard and Breezy Point Road.
Hamel This station was on the east side of Depot Street (now gone), on the north side of the tracks. According to a 2020 article in the "Northwestern Lines," Don Lind bought the 1885 depot and moved it to west of Annandale to an area he wanted to develop as a museum. Frustrated by county requirements, he burned it down in 1987. 
Hopkins The old pre-1902 frame station was just to the east of the existing brick station. It was where the large parking lot is today.
Hopkins The old pre-1928 station was to the east of the existing station. It was on the east side of the overpass near Washington Avenue.
Hotel St. Louis Station This was a few miles east of Excelsior and served Charles Gibson's Hotel St. Louis.
Kenwood    This station was located near what is now Thomas Avenue South just north of 24th Street on the west side of Cedar Lake.
Long Lake The first station was built here in 1867.
Long Lake This station was on Brown Road North where it crossed the tracks before there was an overpass. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, a new station was built here in 1904 that mesured 25'x61'.
Lake Sarah  
Linwood  
loretto This station was on the corner of Railway Street West and St. John Street. It was on the north side of the tracks.
Lyndale Junction
(Minneapolis)
This station was on Linden Avenue West, just SW of Lyndale Avenue.
Maple Grove  
Miller Station  
Minneapolis
AND
This CGW freight house was on the NW side of Hennepin Avenue across from High Street at GPS: 44.984585, -93.266518. It was next door to (on the SW side of) the Great Northern passenger station. Originally built by the Wisconsin Central, the freight house become redundant after the Soo/WC lease of April 1909 and was then bought by the CGW. This freight house replaced an older one of the 1890s era destroyed by fire on April 26, 1907.
Minneapolis This passenger and freight station was on Washington Avenue South at 10th Avenue South. The passenger station opened at the end of July 1892, but the freight station was here prior to that (Minneapolis Times, 7-30-1892).  The CGW leased trackage rights from the Northern Pacific to 10th Avenue South to access this passenger station by backing up a short distance. Prior to this station's opening, the CGW used Union Station and paid rent to the Great Northern there.
minneapolis  Built in 1883-1884, this was the original Union Station on the east side Hennepin Avenue on the north side of High Street at GPS: 44.984190, -93.264863. This location is now the site of the central Minneapolis Post Office.
minneapolis    This station, which sat on Washington Avenue at 4rd Avenue South at GPS: 44.979812, -93.262838, was built in 1879. It was demolished to make way for the "new" station in 1899.
Minneapolis There was a freight station complex (three buildings), built in 1879, with the two-story head end on the south corner of 3rd Avenue South and South 2nd Street. The head end part remains, but the rest of the freight complex is gone. The in-bound freight building stretched along the south side of 2nd Street from 3rd Avenue to 5th Avenue. The outbound freight station was between the in-bound station and the passenger station and train shed. 
Minneapolis There was a freight station for fruit on the east corner of 3rd Avenue South and South 2nd Street at GPS: 44.981062, -93.262842. This station is shown on the 1912 Sanborn map.
Minneapolis A new fruit and vegetable freight station was built in 1931 near the intersection of 9th Avenue South and Washington Avenue South. The station was of brick and steel construction and measured 65' x 450' (Minneapolis Star, 8-10-1931).
Minneapolis
(Short Line JCT.)
The Short Line Junction station was north of East 26th Street at GPS: 44.956598, -93.243191. This station is shown on the 1885 Sanborn map.
Minneapolis
(Lake Street)
The Lake Street station was on the north side of East Lake Street at GPS: 44.948646, -93.237559. This station is shown on the 1885 Sanborn map.
MINNEAPOLIS This station sat between Washington Avenue North and North 3rd Street at approximately GPS: 44.984646, -93.273849. It dates from the late 1860's/early 1870's. It is shown on the Sanborn map of 1885, but was marked "Old Depot" presumably having been out of service by then.
Minneapolis There were two St.PM&M (previously St. Paul & Pacific) freight stations with one being between 4th and 3rd Streets (GPS: 44.984126, -93.275447) and the other being between 3rd and Washington Streets (GPS: 44.984888, -93.274287). These stations are shown on the 1885 Sanborn map, but were torn down and replaced by the GN with new freight stations in the same area.   
Minneapolis The 1885 Sanborn map shows a St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba (previously St. Paul & Pacific) freight station at 50 North 4th Avenue (GPS: 44.987691, -93.270771) at the same location as the existing Omaha freight station that was built in 1910. This older freight station was about half as long as the one that occupies the site now.
Minneapolis There was a freight station on the north side of where Winter Street SE used to cross the tracks in the vicinity of GPS: 44.993725, -93.229166. The station is shown on the 1885 Sanborn map.
Mineapolis There was a passenger station on the north side of University Avenue SE at 14th Avenue SE on the south side of the tracks at GPS: 44.979625, -93.236003. The station is shown on the 1889 Sanborn map.
Minneapolis The GN had inbound and outbound freight stations stretching under what used to be the 3rd Street bridge (now gone) in the vicinity of GPS: 44.984271, -93.274541. These replaced earlier St.PM&M stations that were on opposite sides of 3rd Street.
minneapolis    This station was located on Hennepin Avenue at Mississippi River at GPS: 44.984982, -93.265994. The site is now occupied by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis building. Built by the GN in 1913, it was also used by the NP, CB&Q, CNW, M&St.L and CGW. The station was torn down in 1978.
MINNEAPOLIS This inbound freight station was located on the western corner of 5th Avenue North and 2nd Street (GPS: 44.986972, -93.273947). Some sources say it was built in 1915, however it is shown on the 1912 Sanborn map. The outbond frieght station was also on 2nd Street, but on the southern corner with 5th Avenue at GPS: 44.986666, -93.273523. This southern building was owned by the Minneapolis Terminal Warehouse Company on the 1951 map, whereas the northern building was still owned by the Soo Line.
Minneapolis There was a passenger station on the NW side of 5th Avenue North between 2nd Street and Washington Avenue at GPS: 44.986660, -93.274372.
minneapolis The first Minneapolis M&St.L passenger station was on the SW side of 3rd Street NW of 3rd Avenue at GPS: 44.983967, -93.274462. The station is shown on the 1885 Sanborn map, but was gone by 1912.
Minneapolis A second generation passenger station was on the NE side of North Washington Avenue between 4th and 5th Streets on the south side of the tracks at GPS: 44.985344, -93.273222. This station is shown on the 1912 Sanborn Map, but is gone by the 1951 edition.
Minneapolis There were two M&St.L freight stations near the passenger station with one being between 4th and 5th Streets (GPS: 44.982834, -93.276007) and the other being between 4th and 3rd Streets (GPS: 44.983661, -93.274910). These stations are shown on the 1885 Sanborn map.   
Minneapolis There was a passenger station on 2nd Street just NW of 8th Avenue at GPS: 44.984888, -93.274287. This area is now the site of the Star Tribune Building.
Minneapolis There was a freight station along the SW side of North 1st Street NW of 8th Avenue at GPS: 44.990415, -93.276607. This area is now the site of the Star Tribune Building.
minneapolis This freight station/warehouse was in the Warehouse District at 10-12 Hennepin Avenue.
Minneapolis The freight station that still exists at 50 4th Avenue North was the inbound Omaha freight station. The outbound freight station was on the NE side of of 1st Street just south of Plymouth Avenue at GPS: 44.990998, -93.276417. It was on the opposite side of the street as the NP freight station.
Minneapolis There was a long freight house on the south side of South 4th Street at 9th Avenue South at GPS: 44.974516, -93.257300. This area is now part of the site of U.S. Bank Stadium. The station is shown on the 1912 Sanborn map. On later maps it is shown as a CRI&P "Fruit House."
Minneapolis There was also a smaller freight house on the south side of South 4th Street at 10th Avenue South at GPS: 44.973824, -93.256134. This area is also now part of the site of U.S. Bank Stadium.
Minneapolis This was the original depot at the starting point of the Dan Patch line at 54th and Nicollet. Minneapolis' Nicollet streetcar line ended at that spot, so passengers could easily transfer to the adjacent Dan Patch system. The railroad came in one one side of the station while the streetcar line came in on the other.
Minneapolis
AND
This joint Dan Patch/Luce Line station was at North Holden Street (formerly Hoag Avenue) at 3rd Avenue North. This area is now occupied by I-394 just southwest of Target Field in the vicinity of GPS: 44.979550, -93.279431.
Minnetonka Beach This station was near the intersection of Westwood Road and Cottage Lane near the entrance to the Lafayette Club. The station was on the south side of the tracks at approximately GPS: 44.940795, -93.596661. It is shown on the 1912 Minneapolis Sanborn Map (Vol. 6, Sheet 707). This was the GN Spring Park Branch line.
Minnetonka Lake Park This station was to the NE of Minnetonka lake Park Hotel. It was on Dakota Avenue due north of the Lyn Haven Pavillion.
Minnetonka
(minnetonka Mills)
There is a building that looks like a station at Burwell Historic Park at Minnetonka Boulevard & Cedar Lake Road, but this was a scale house and office for the mills there rather than the station. According to old maps there was an MSt.L station nearby. In 1898, the station was on the south side of the mill pond which was on Minnehaha Creek. This was in the Minnetonka Mill Company Subdivision.
Minnetonka I am not sure if there was a GN station at Minnetonka. Old maps show a spur off the GN line leading to the site of Minnetonka Mills near the town.
Miroc
(Lake Riley)
This station was located on the east side of Lake Riley
Navarre This combination station was located at 2273 Shadywood Road (CR 19) (Shadywood Road& Chrystal Place). Around 2009 or 2010 the City of Orono had the building demolished as it was partially on the property owned by the rail authority that bought the rail corridor from Wayzata to Hutchinson. For many years the depot was used as a house.
Northwood Station This station was not far to the northeast of the Minnetonka Beach station on the GN's Spring Park Branch. It was located near the intersection of Arcola Lane and Shoreline Drive.
Orono This station was on Boardman Avenue at Brackett Avenue (both gone or changed).
Osseo In 1898 the station was on the corner of Madison and Washington Streets. Due to the construction of MN-81, these streets no longer exist/meet at that location. Specifically the station was located at (GPS: 45.114307, -93.401376). In the early days (1870s) this part of town was known as "Attraction." According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, the station standing at that time mesured 24'x60'.
Osseo  
Prospect Park This short-lived station was one of the "Parks" commuter/freight stations between downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. The next down the line was "St Anthony Park" (Ramsey County). The Prospect Park station was put out of business for passengers after the interurban streetcars began running on University Avenue after 1893. This station is shown on the Rand McNally city map from 1891.
Robbinsdale
(PArker Station)
This station was on Railroad Avenue south of 42nd Avenue North on the east side of the tracks at GPS: 45.031183, -93.341328. The first station here was built in 1888 and called "Parker Station" in honor of Alfred Parker who donated the land for the station. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, the station standing at that time (likely the second generation) measured 16'x26'.
Rogers According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, a new station was built here in 1902 that mesured 24'x48'.
Solberg's Point
(Meadville Park)
This station was on the west side of Minnetonka Boulevard south of Vine Street on Solberg's point south of Meadville Park. The station was right on the point near a steamboat landing site right near the trestle over the connection between St. Albans Bay and Excelsior Bay.
Spring Park This station was near the intersection of Northern Avenue, West Arm Drive, and Sunset Drive at GPS: 44.936177, -93.626090. The 1898 map shows this as the terminus of the Spring Park Branch. The station is also shown on the 1941 Sanborn Map.
St. Albans
Station
This station, according to the 1873 map, was located north of where Statnton Drive is today west of Playmoth Road in Minnetonka Township at GPS: 44.94716,-93.445061.
St. Bonifacius  
St. Louis Park This station was west of where Brunswick Avenue (formerly Grant Street) used to cross the tracks at GPS: 44.937635, -93.357969. There was a freight station on the east side of the street crossing at GPS: 44.937793, -93.357486. The passenger station was damaged by fire in 1963 and subsequently torn down in 1964.
Staffordsville This little village is part of Plymouth now. Is was to the SW of Bass Lake. The station was located on Plainview Lane North between 52nd and 53 Avenues.
Wayzata Before the new station was built in 1902, the Wayzata station was much further to the east. It was just west of near the intersection of Bushaway Road and Eastman Lane.
Wildhurst  
Zumbra Heights  
1898 HENNEPIN COUNTY RAILROAD MAP

Notes About Existing Stations...

Deephaven (M&St.L) - This station is now a rental house located behind #20395 Park Place. When the station was moved, the top part was taken, leaving the stone foundation at the original site. A gable above the agents bay was added to modernize it. On the street there is a only a small sign about a foot off the ground giving the address #20405 with the notation "The Depot." This station was originally on the east side of the bridge across Carson Bay, just west of Chimo West Street approximately where the boat launch is now at GPS: 44.923875, -93.529114. The station is shown on the 1912 Minneapolis Sanborn Map (Vol. 6, Sheet 710).

Deephaven (CMSt.P&P) - The Milwaukee buillt the line in 1887 to serve the Hotel St Louis on Lake Minnetonka, so the station was probably built in 1887. Service ended in 1900 when the hotel closed and the RR sold the ROW to the trolley line. The trolley line improved improved the ROW and ran cars out to the hotel. See http://www.trolleyride.org/ESL_Main/history.html for more information on the line.

Hopkins (M&St.L) - Now houses the Depot Coffee House. The station was moved slightly to the NE from its original location.

Manitou (Tonka Bay) (M&St.L) - Maps show this station was on the west side of Manitou Road just south of Brentwood Avenue. It may have been moved and converted into a residence at the address listed or this could be a station of a different time period in its original location. The property for the residence on which the station is located is the old ROW. The station is either a garage for the residence or part of the house.

Maple Plain (GN) - Station sits in a field to the northeast of the house there. It is in poor shape, but still standing as of late 2008. Photo shows station in its original location on Railroad Street between Pioneer and Spring. According to the 1915 GN Valuation Records, a new station was built here in 1904 that mesured 19'x68'.

Minneapolis (CMSt.P&P Passenger) - Station went out of service in 1971. Here is an old photo of the station when it still had a pinnacle on the tower (the pinnacle was destroyed by high winds in 1941). The station now houses two hotels, an ice rink and a water park. For more information see The Depot Minneapolis.

Minneapolis (CMSt.P&P Freight) - Only the head house of the station remains here. It now houses a Dunn Brothers coffee shop.

Minnehaha (CMSt.P&P) - The station is part of the Minnesota Transportation Museum. It was referred to a "The Princess" due to its Victorian gingerbread architecture. This is the second station at the site, having replaced an earlier frame station. It was closed by the railroad in 1963.

Mound (GN) - This station was originally located on the east side of Commerce Boulevard (formerly Main Street) on the south side of the tracks at GPS: 44.937165, -93.665463.

Shoreham (Soo Line) - Apparently first called Sandy Lake then Shoreham by the Soo at its yards near Columbia Heights. This building is shown as a station on the 1912 Sanborn Map (Vol. 7, sheets 837-838).

St. Louis Park (CMSt.P&P) - Relocated to a park and now houses the St. Louis Park Historical Society. The original location of the station was on the south side of the tracks between Brunswick (formerly Grant) and Alabama (formerly Jackson) Avenues at GPS: 44.937730, -93.356982.

Wayzata (GN) - Now houses the Wayzata Historical Society.

Woodland (CMSt.P&P) - There is a building here that could have be the station. Here is a Bing streetview map photo showing the building. Apparently there was an open sided station here and it was converted into a house. It is unknown wheteher this was the original Milawaukee Road station or a later TCRT trolley line station.