Stoneham station

Stoneham
The former Stoneham station in June 2011
General information
Location36 Pine Street, Stoneham, Massachusetts
LineStoneham Branch
History
Opened1862
ClosedMay 18, 1958
Rebuilt1895
Boston and Maine Railroad Depot
Stoneham station is located in Massachusetts
Stoneham station
Stoneham station is located in the United States
Stoneham station
Coordinates42°28′42″N 71°5′50″W / 42.47833°N 71.09722°W / 42.47833; -71.09722
Built1895 (1895)
MPSStoneham MRA
NRHP reference No.84002510 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 13, 1984
Location
Map

Stoneham station is a former train station in Stoneham, Massachusetts. Built in 1895 by the Boston and Maine Railroad, it is one of two surviving train stations in the town, and the only one still at its original site. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 as Boston and Maine Railroad Depot.[1] It is now used for commercial purposes.

Description and history

Circa-1910 postcard of the station

The railroad depot is located two blocks east of its Central Square, at the northeast corner of Franklin and Pine Streets. It is a single-story brick building resting on a granite foundation, with a shallow-hipped roof whose extended eaves are supported by large brackets. The roof is pierced by cross gables which have fanlight windows that have been blocked up.[2] It is oriented with its long facade facing Pine Street, with the former railroad right-of-way on the other side (now used for parking on this parcel, and not readily evident in adjacent parcels).

Stoneham's first railroad station was built at Farm Hill in 1861, and a wood-frame gambrel-roofed station was built on this site in 1863; both of these were built by the Boston and Lowell Railroad. The present station building was constructed in 1895 by the Boston and Maine, successor to the Boston and Lowell. It was estimated to cost $28,000 (equivalent to $910,000 in 2024).[3] The Farm Hill station building still stands, but has been moved from its site to Central Street and converted into a residence. The railroad played an important role in Stoneham's transition from a modest industrial center to a commuter suburb of Boston.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Boston and Maine Railroad Depot". Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
  3. ^ "New Station at Stoneham". Boston Globe. October 18, 1895. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.

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