Monument Beach station

Monument Beach station is a former train station located in Monument Beach, Massachusetts.^[1]

Monument Beach
The former station in June 2012
General information
Location	Shore Road, Monument Beach, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°43′09″N 70°36′52″W
Owned by	Private party
Line(s)	Falmouth Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
History
Opened	1875
Closed	1950s
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Gray Gables toward Boston Boston–​Woods Hole Pocasset toward Woods Hole Buzzards Bay toward New York Cape Codder

History

The 3rd Station - c. 1910s

The station was originally built in 1875, three years after the Woods Hole branch of the Old Colony Railroad opened.^[1] The small depot was replaced by a larger structure in 1880.^[2][1] This building was destroyed in 1906, when the village burned down.^[1] It was then replaced by the current structure, a building which still has its protective overhangs over the platforms,^[1] despite the fact that it is now a private residence.

References

1. 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. 340. ISBN 0-9616740-1-6.
2. Seventeenth Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders. Old Colony Railroad Company. November 1880. p. 6.

External links

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