Gray Gables station

Gray Gables station is a former train station in Bourne, Massachusetts.

Gray Gables
Early-20-century postcard of Gray Gables station
General information
Location	Monument Neck Road, Bourne, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°44′1.64″N 70°36′52.85″W
Line(s)	Woods Hole Branch
History
Opened	1892
Closed	July 18, 1938
Former services
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Buzzards Bay toward Boston Boston–​Woods Hole Monument Beach toward Woods Hole

History

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

The station was first built by the Old Colony Railroad around 1892 as a stop for President Grover Cleveland's nearby summer home of Gray Gables.^[1][2] It was located on the Monument Neck Road in Bourne.^[1] The station was moved to the site of the Aptucxet Trading Post Museum in Bourne in 1977, and was renovated and moved closer to Aptuxet Road in 2013.^[3]

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. 144. ISBN 0-9616740-1-6.
2. Thirtieth Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders. Old Colony Railroad Company. September 1893. p. 7.
3. Gately, Paul (June 17, 2014). "Grandson of Grover Cleveland helps Bourne celebrate renovated train station". Bourne Courier. Bourne, Massachusetts.

External links

Media related to Gray Gables station at Wikimedia Commons

• Gray Gables Railroad Station Archived 2017-01-06 at the Wayback Machine—Bourne Historical Society