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New Canaan Railroad Station, Approximately 200 feet southwest of intersection o, New Canaan, Fairfield County, CT
LocationApproximately 200 feet southwest of intersection o,
New Canaan, CT
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS CT-458
Building/structure dates:
1868 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1880 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1915 subsequent work
Building/structure dates:
1975 subsequent work
Significance: Built in 1868, the New Caanan Railroad Station is significant as one of the last remaining vestiges of the New Caanan Railroad and is also one of the earliest surviving railroad stations in Connecticut. The accompanying train sheds are rare survivors in the state. Its Gothic-Revival-style architecture is not a mode usually employed in train station design in the state, making the station even more important.
Subjects
Moving Of StructuresRailroad StationsRailroad Industry
Related Names
Wallen, Jonathan, Photographer
Bedford, Steven, Historian
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
View northeast; station in general context
View northeast; southerly elevation of northern canopy
View northwest; southerly elevation of station building
View northeast; southerly elevation of station building and southerly canopy
View northeast; south elevation of southerly canopy
View southeast; north elevation of southerly canopy
View southeast; north elevation of station in context
View east; west and north elevations of station
View southwest; northerly canopy and eastern facade of station building
View east; roof bracket on north elevation
View west; easterly gable end detail
View south; window detail, north elevation
View east; westerly gable end detail
View northeast; structural detail at northerly canopy
View northeast; structural detail of southern canopy
View southwest; detail view of junction between northerly canopy and station
View north; view of ticket office
View west; waiting room
View east; waiting room
View southwest; taxi office
View southwest; storage room
View northeast; attic, showing roof structure
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