The depot is now maintained by Fargo's parks and Recreation Department. For more information, see their web site here.
Fargo, North Dakota
Northern Pacific Railway Depot
The Northern Pacific (NP) railway bridge across the Red River was completed in June of 1872. Railroad tracks were laid due west to Bismarck. The NP passenger depot was built in 1898 based on a design by Cass Gilbert. The depot had two huge fireplaces and a restaurant. The real photo postcard below left from 1911 looks northwest a the depot across Front Street. A train can be seen on the right on the other side of the depot. Below left is a photograph from an NP Railroad advertising brochure and shows the waiting room and ticket windows inside the depot.
Northern Pacific Park sat on the east and west ends of the depot.
The 1909 postcard below left looks southwest at the depot from Broadway. The tracks are in the foreground.
The 1908 postcard on the below right looks northeast at the depot from a busy Front Street, toward which the depot's main entrance faced.
