Gray Gables Railroad Station

Gray Gables Railroad Station

Gray Gables Railroad Station
Location Monument Neck Road in Bourne, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°44′1.64″N 70°36′52.85″W / 41.7337889°N 70.6146806°W / 41.7337889; -70.6146806
Line(s) Old Colony Railroad
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Platforms Yes
History
Opened 1892 (retired in the early 1940s)

The Gray Gables Railroad Station was located on the Monument Neck Road in Bourne, Massachusetts.[1]

History

The Gray Gables railroad station building at the Aptucxet Trading Post and Museum

The station was first built as a stop for President Grover Cleveland so that he could quickly leave and arrive at his nearby summer home of Gray Gables.[1] The station was moved to the site of the Aptucxet Trading Post Museum in Bourne in 1977.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Farson, Robert H. (1993). Cape Cod Railroads Including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Joan Hollister Farson (First ed.). Yarmouthport, Massachusetts: Cape Cod Historical Publications. p. 144. ISBN 0-9616740-1-6.
  2. Gately, Paul (June 17, 2014). "Grandson of Grover Cleveland helps Bourne celebrate renovated train station". Bourne Courier. Bourne, Massachusetts.
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