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Minneapolis Saint Paul Rochester and Dubuque Electric Traction Company Depot

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Location
  
Burnsville, Minnesota

NRHP Reference #
  
79001222

Added to NRHP
  
31 December 1979

Built
  
1910

Opened
  
1910

Minneapolis Saint Paul Rochester & Dubuque Electric Traction Company Depot

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The Minneapolis Saint Paul Rochester & Dubuque Electric Traction Company Depot or Orchard Gardens Railway Station, located at County Road 5 and 155th Street in Burnsville in the U.S. state of Minnesota was built in 1910 on the Dan Patch Line, later known as the Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway. Connecting Northfield and Minneapolis, the line carried agricultural produce from rural Dakota County to urban markets. When Orchard Gardens in Burnsville was platted in 1910, this small depot was added for the area's passengers. Orchard Gardens farmers grew onions, apples, and flowers, and produced eggs and milk until the Great Slump caused locals to find employment in Minneapolis. Then the station attracted more commuters than farmers.

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Minneapolis Saint Paul Rochester & Dubuque Electric Traction Company Depot Wikipedia