Sycamore station (Illinois)

Sycamore
Former Chicago and North Western Railway station
General information
Location	Sacramento and DeKalb Sts., Sycamore, Illinois
Coordinates	41°59′2″N 88°41′39″W / 41.98389°N 88.69417°W / 41.98389; -88.69417
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
History
Opened	1865
Services
Preceding station Chicago and North Western Railway Following station Henrietta toward Belvidere Belvidere – Spring Valley DeKalb toward Spring Valley Services at Main Street Station Preceding station Chicago Great Western Railway Following station Clare toward Omaha Omaha – Chicago Richardson toward Chicago
Chicago and Northwestern Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Sacramento and DeKalb Sts., Sycamore, Illinois
Coordinates	41°59′2″N 88°41′39″W / 41.98389°N 88.69417°W / 41.98389; -88.69417
Area	less than one acre
Built	1865
NRHP reference No.	78003101[1]
Added to NRHP	December 8, 1978

The Chicago and Northwestern Depot is a historic railway station located at the northeast corner of Sacramento and DeKalb Streets in Sycamore, Illinois. The station was built in 1865 to serve as Sycamore's main railway station. While Sycamore was bypassed by the Chicago and Northwestern Railway (C&NW) in the early 1850s, several community leaders developed and built the Sycamore, Cortland, and Chicago Railway to link Sycamore to the C&NW at Cortland. The original line, which opened in 1855, lacked an engine and pulled railcars by mule; as the railway became more successful, it was able to purchase an engine and build the station in Sycamore. The station has an Italianate design which resembles contemporary DeKalb architecture but is noticeably different from the standardized depots built elsewhere in the C&NW system. The branch and station were acquired by the C&NW in 1883.^[2]

The station was added to the National Register on December 8, 1978.^[1] At the time of its listing, it was being used as a warehouse by ITT-Holub Industries.