Old Saybrook Railroad Station, Depot, 455 Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, CT

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Old Saybrook Railroad Station, Depot, 455 Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, CT

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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

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1936
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Public Archeology Laboratory, Incorporated, contractor
Vergara, M, transmitter
Brewster, Robert, photographer
Kierstead, Matthew A, historian
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Location

Old Saybrook (Conn.)41.30023, -72.37658
Google Map of 41.3002274, -72.3765844
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Library of Congress
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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

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