Download Old Mankato Railroad Station

Old Mankato Railroad
Station
By: Ryan Carlson
Adam Otto
Adaptive Reuse
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A process that
adapts buildings for
new uses while
retaining their
historic features.
Adaptive reuse was
used in the Old
Mankato Railroad
station.
New Station
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The reused station
has been turned
into:
US Bank Corp
Chamber Of
Commerce
Convention Bureau
Reitan Law Office
Interior of New Station
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The first floor of the New Station is the
US Bankcorps offices.
The stairs that lead up to the second
floor go to the Chamber of Commerce
office’s.
The Reitan Law Office is located in the
old baggage area. Which is on the
south side of the station.
First Floor of Old Station
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Men's waiting room at the South end.
Women’s waiting room on the North
end.
Between the two was a ticket office that
was on the river side of the building.
The opposite side of the ticket office
are two waiting rooms that have toilets
in each.
Second Floor of
Old Station
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There are stairs that lead to a hall that
brings you to the doors of offices.
At the North End was the
Superintendent’s office.
Clerk’s room
Train Dispatchers room
At the south end there was a office for
the road masters office.
Baggage Building
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One Story High
This building contained a boiler room
at the North End
The baggage area took most of the
space up.
This building also contained side
entrances on each side.
Exterior
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This shows the
exterior texture of
the new station
Exterior of Building
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Lower eight feet and four inches of both
buildings made of stone, this brings the
stone walls all the way up to the window
sills.
Above the stone walls is brick with stone
trimming.
The roof is steep.
Height of building approx. 30 ft.
Unique Designs
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Half timbered construction:
-building has exposed wood trimming
with plaster brick or stone filled in
between them
-a design used in medieval times
Unique Designs cont.
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Oriel Windows:
-window that projects from wall
-located on the river side of the building
Unique designs cont.
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Dormer
-window that is set vertically on a
sloping roof
-contains its own roof
-located on backside of building
Summary
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The old Mankato railroad station used
adaptive reuse and turned into the
new depot station, the old
architectural designs were transformed
into newer ones but the concept and
style of the building itself remained
the same.
Work Cited
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Mankato historical society
http://architecture-about.com
Chamber of Commerce
Questions??
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