Swampscott (MBTA station)
| SWAMPSCOTT |
The historic Swampscott Station |
| Station statistics |
| Address |
Burrill Street & Railroad Avenue
Swampscott, MA, 01907 |
| Lines |
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| Connections |
MBTA Bus |
| Platforms |
2 side platforms |
| Tracks |
2 |
| Parking |
Yes |
| Bicycle facilities |
Yes; Bicycle Rack |
| Other information |
| Opened |
1868 |
| Owned by |
MBTA |
| Fare zone |
3 |
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The Swampscott Railroad Depot is a historic passenger rail station in Stick/Eastlake style [5] on MBTA Commuter Rail's Newburyport/Rockport Line.[6] It is located at 10 Railroad Avene at Burrill Street in Swampscott, Massachusetts. Parking is available both on Railroad Avenue on the south side of the tracks, and Columbia Street on the north side of the tracks.
History
The station was originally built in 1868 (although some sources claim it was built in 1873) for the Boston and Maine Railroad, by the Boston housewright George W. Cram.[2][3][4] Like most stations in Eastern Massachusetts, it was adopted by the MBTA in the late-20th Century. On August 28, 1998 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Renovation
The train depot was renovated in the mid-1980s by an ad hoc group of residents, but it was in an advanced state of disrepair a mere decade later, so another group of residents approached Swampscott's Selectmen in 1996 with a proposal to rehab the historic structure. The Selectmen appointed a committee to undertake the restoration work, which got underway in May 1997. The committee raised $15,000 for the exterior restoration, but that was spent to clean out the debris that filled the interior of the building. A decorative gingerbread trim was installed, the original windows were recovered and the glass reglazed, the original doors were repaired and the exterior was painted with historically accurate colors. A sprinkler system was installed, and two clocks were installed in the tower, but work was not done on the interior. [7]
MBTA Bus Connections
- 441: Marblehead – Haymarket, Downtown Crossing or Wonderland via Central Square, Lynn & Lynnway
- 448: Marblehead – Downtown Crossing via Paradise Road or Humphrey Street, Lynnway, & Airport
- 442: Marblehead – Haymarket, Downtown Crossing or Wonderland via Central Square, Lynn & Lynnway
- 449: Marblehead – Downtown Crossing via Paradise Road or Humphrey Street, Lynnway, & Airport
- 455: Salem Depot – Wonderland via Central Square, Lynn
- 459: Salem Depot – Downtown Crossing via Logan Airport & Central Square, Lynn
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b c "Swampscott Railroad Depot", University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Library
- ^ a b c "Swampscott reconnaissance report: Essex county landscape inventory: Massachusetts heritage landscape: Inventory program", Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Essex National Heritage Commission, May 2005
- ^ a b George W. Cram born in 1829 was a housewright from Boston. He died March 17, 1893. Cf. p.71 in Roberts, Oliver Ayer, History of the Military Company of the Massachusetts, now called the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts, 1637-1888, v. III. 1822- 1865, Boston : Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 1898.
- ^ Cf. The National Register of Historic Places entry for Swampscott Railroad Depot
- ^ "Swampscott Station", MBTA official website
- ^ Glidden, Debra, "Tenants show interest in Swampscott depot", The Daily Item, Lynn, Massachusetts, Wednesday, July 28, 2010]
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