The Duluth Depot is a historic train station in Duluth, Minnesota, United States.
It was built as a union station in 1892, serving seven different rail lines at its peak.
Rail service ceased in 1969 and the building was threatened with demolition until it reopened in 1973 as The Depot St. Louis County Heritage & Arts Center.
The building houses three exhibiting museums (the Duluth Art Institute, Lake Superior Railroad Museum, and St. Louis County Historical Society Museum)
Three performing arts organizations (Arrowhead Chorale, Duluth Playhouse, and Minnesota Ballet)
Serves as the departure point for the North Shore Scenic Railroad.
Train service also resumed from 1974 to 1985 by Amtrak.
The current depot was built on the site of the previous wood framed depot building constructed in 1870
The original depot building remained on site until it was disassembled after its replacement was complete
Many local materials were used in the building, including granite, sandstone, and yellow brick
After two years of construction, the depot was completed in 1892 at a cost of $615,000
A large train shed originally covered the building's platforms, but it was removed in 1924 and replaced by the canopies that remain.
Over the next 77 years it served seven different railroads (Duluth & Iron Range, Duluth, Missabe, Iron Range, Duluth, South Shore Atlantic, Duluth Missabe Northern, Great Northern, Northern Pacific, and the Saint Paul & Duluth) before it closed in 1969
The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Duluth Union Depot in 1971
