PIPESTONE COUNTY

EXISTING STATIONS
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Station Name	Original Railroad	Current Location	Type	Date Built	Current Use	Track Status	Building Material	More Info
Airlie (Clausen)		114 8th Avenue NW, Pipestone (GPS: 44.001214, -96.328115)	C	????	Residence	None	Wood
holland		At the first house on the south side of 161st Street, just east of MN-23 (GPS: 44.080528, -96.201689)	C	????	Storage	None	Wood
Pipestone		400 North Hiawatha Avenue (GPS: 44.003788, -96.317926)	C	1890	Museum	Gone	Brick
ruthton		Moved to north side of Ruthton, at the wedge where Railroad Avenue and Smith Street (County 18) intersect. (Not sure which building it is, or if it is still there. Can someone confirm status?)	C	1887	Garage	None	Wood
STATIONS OF THE PAST
Station Name	Original Railroad	Notes
Cazenovia
Cresson (Altoona)		This station was on the south side of Main Street on the east side of the tracks. The 1898 map also shows a freight station here. The town was formerly known as Altoona and sometimes referred to as "Cresston."
Edgerton		The depot was on the west side of Main Street.
Eaton (Eton) (Gray Siding)		The depot was on the west side of Main Street.
Hatfield		The first station here was a converted boxcar.
Hatfield		This station was on Railroad Street at 1st Street.
Ihlen		This station was near the corner of Waldo and Jessica Street. The foundation may still be there.
Jasper		This station was on the south side of Wall Street, on the west side of the tracks.
Jasper		There was a BCR&N line that ran from Trosky to the south side of Jasper. Was there a BCR&N station here?
Pipestone		An earlier station station here burned down after being struck by lightning on September 17, in 1907 (Rochester Post-Bulletin, 9-18-1907). It was between 2nd and 3rd Avenues NE at GPS: 44.002967, -96.315242.
Pipestone		This station was on the east side of 2nd Avenue NE. It was built in 1908 on the same site of the earlier station.
Pinney (Penney)		This station was abandoned by the GN in 1926. It was between Holland and Pipestone.
Pipestone		The first station here was a small two-story station with agent's quarters on the 2nd floor. The station was between 3rd Avenue NW (formerly Anna) and 4th Avenue NW (formerly Helen) north of 2nd Street NW (formerly Centennial) at GPS: 44.002400, -96.321544.
Pipestone		A new station was built here sometime between 1892-1898. It had a larger footprint than the first station and was 1.5 stories on the east side and 1 story on the west. Later maps show the 1.5 story section as a 2-story section, so it may have been modified or the map was in error. The freight section survived until sometime between 2017-2022. It was between 3rd and 4th Avenues NW at GPS: 44.002368, -96.321769.
Pipestone		The original station here was built in 1884 and burned down in 1889 (The Saint Paul Globe, 12-23-1889).
Pipestone		This was the original Pipestone depot.
Pipestone		This station was on the north side of 3rd Street SE (formerly Bailey Street).
Trosky		This station was on the south side of Center Street, on the east side of the tracks.
Woodstock (Burk)		This station was built in 1899. The original station here was known as Burk. The name was changed to Woodstock in 1881.
1898 PIPESTONE COUNTY RAILROAD MAP

Notes About Existing Stations... Airlie (CM&St.P) - This station was at the south end of A Street (now gone) in Airlie. In 1940, after the station went out of service it was offered for sale by the railroad. The depot was purchased by Henry Winters and was moved to Pipestone to become a residence (Argus-Leader, 5-23-1940). Holland (Great Northern) - The original location of this depot was on Railroad Street between Main and Rock. Ruthton (Great Northern) - The original location of this depot was on Railroad Avenue at Main Street. It was on the west side of the tracks.