Wayzata, Minnesota, Depot - HO

The Great Northern Railway Historical Society Company Store is pleased to offer this HO scale kit of the Wayzata, Minnesota, depot. This kit was designed by Hidden River Manufacturing using blueprints from the Great Northern Railway Historical Society's archives.  The first train came to Wayzata on August 24, 1867 when the town was the end of the line of the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, predecessor of the Great Northern Railway. The first depot was located four blocks east of the present depot, near Broadway Avenue. The town grew up on both sides of Broadway. By the 1880’s the railroad was providing frequent local passenger service to Wayzata. Twin Cities residents and visitors from Southern states came to the village by train to enjoy the cool summer breezes on Lake Minnetonka. Large steam boats transported visitors to the numerous hotels built to accommodate the Southern guests, and Wayzata flourished and grew because of the railroad. Community leaders complained loudly to James