North Easton station

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Coordinates: 42°4′9.37″N 71°6′11.95″W / 42.0692694°N 71.1033194°W / 42.0692694; -71.1033194
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For the planned MBTA station in a different location, see North Easton (MBTA station).
EASTON VILLAGE
General information
LocationOff Oliver Street
North Easton, Massachusetts
Owned byMBTA
Platforms1 side platform (planned)
Tracks1
Construction
AccessibleYes
Services
Preceding station   MBTA   Following station
Template:MBTA lines
Proposed
North Easton Railroad Station
Old Colony Railroad Station, North Easton as it appeared in 1890
Location80 Mechanic St.
North Easton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°4′9.37″N 71°6′11.95″W / 42.0692694°N 71.1033194°W / 42.0692694; -71.1033194
Built1881
ArchitectH. H. Richardson
Part ofH. H. Richardson Historic District of North Easton (ID87002598)
Significant dates
Designated NHLDCPDecember 23, 1987
Designated CPNovember 3, 1972

The Old Colony Railroad Station, also known as the North Easton Railroad Station, is a historic railroad station designed by noted American architect H. H. Richardson. It is located just off Oliver Street in North Easton, Massachusetts, and currently houses the Easton Historical Society, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. In 1987 it also became part of the H. H. Richardson Historic District of North Easton, a National Historic Landmark District.

The historic station will be joined by the modern Easton Village station as part of the South Coast Rail project.

History

The station was commissioned in 1881 by Frederick Lothrop Ames, director of the Old Colony Railroad, during the same year that Richardson designed the Ames Gate Lodge for his nearby estate. Frederick Law Olmsted landscaped its grounds.

In 1969, the Ames family purchased the property from the Penn Central Railroad and gave it to the historical society.

A new MBTA Commuter Rail station, Easton Village, is planned to be built at the site as part of the South Coast Rail project. An 800-foot-long (240 m) high-level platform will be constructed across the track from the historic building.[1]

Architecture

It is a relatively small station, a single story in height with Richardson's characteristic heavy masonry and outsized roof. Its long axis runs north-south with the tracks, now disused, along its west side. The building is laid out symmetrically within, with a large passenger room at each end (one for women, the other for men).

The station's facade is constructed of rough-faced, random ashlar of gray granite with a brownstone belt course and trim. Two large, semicircular arches punctuate each of the long facades, inset with windows and doorways, and ornamented with carvings of a beast's snarling head; a further semicircular arch projects to form the east facade's porte-cochere. Eaves project deeply over all sides, supported by plain wooden brackets.[2]

See also

Gallery

  • East facade
    East facade
  • West facade
    West facade
  • Detail
    Detail
  • South facade
    South facade
  • Detail: Station Window
    Detail: Station Window

References

  1. ^ "Figure 3.2-23 Easton Village Station Proposed Reconstruction" (PDF). Volume II: FEIS/FEIR Figures Final Environmental Impact Statement/Final Environmental Impact Report on the South Coast Rail Project proposed by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New England District. August 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  2. ^ Cummings, Albert L. (January 1960). "Old Colony Railroad Station" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. p. 2. Retrieved March 1, 2014.

External links

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