Old Saybrook Railroad Station, Depot, 455 Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, CT
Summary
Significance: The Old Saybrook Station Depot (about 1900, 1936) is significant as it is a major component of a surviving, intact example of turn-of-the-century, small-town railroad junction architecture and design. The Depot is also historically significant as evidence of Old Saybrook's importance as a railroad junction, and the development of regional transportation and recreation. The Depot is also significant for its retention of its exterior and interior historic fabric.
Survey number: HABS CT-466-A
Building/structure dates: ca. 1900 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1936 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1936
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Public Archeology Laboratory, Incorporated, contractor
Vergara, M, transmitter
Brewster, Robert, photographer
Kierstead, Matthew A, historian
Location
Old Saybrook (Conn.), 41.30023, -72.37658
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html