Idaho and Washington Northern Railway
1910 Spirit Lake Railway Depot
Although in 1910 Spirit Lake was thought of as "a Spokane summer resort," people have come from all over the country and Canada to enjoy the clear lake and lovely mountains.
A former office and storage building in the train yard.
A round-trip ticket for first class passage on the Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad.
Boxcars in front of the office and storage building.
This hillside view of the I&WN Railroad shop complex shows how it looked shortly after construction in 1908. The large building in the center is the machine shop. To the right is the coal and sand dock, to the left is the office and storage building, and the round house. Stacked sheets of lumber can be seen in the foreground near the treeline.
The roundhouse and turntable in 1908, a rail car repair shop in the background.
The interior of the roundhouse had nine stalls for locomotives.
Interior of the machine shop. The concrete floor is still visible today on private property above the Mill Pond.
The Spirit Lake Depot was designed by Kirtland Cutter, who also designed the Davenport Hotel in Spokane. The same plan was used for a depot in Wallace, Idaho which is still standing today.