Milestones P, Q, R & S, Bay Street, Easton

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Railroad, this building was designed by H. H. Richardson, and is similar to a series of stations he designed at the same time for the Boston and Albany Railroad. HISTORICAL INFORMATION A. Physical History 1. Original and subsequent owners: Originally owned by the Old Colony Railroad; subsequently owned by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. 2. Date of erection: Corrnnissioned in November J. Architect: Henry Hobson Richardson. 4. Sources of information: Henry Russell Hitchcock, The Architecture of H. H. Richardson and His Times (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, B. Likely Sources Not Yet Investigated: Archives of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in New Haven, Connecticut.

These include records of earlier lines taken over by the New Yorl:, New Haven and Hartfo:vd Railroad. PART IJ. ARCHITECTURAL INFORMATION A. General Statement 1. Architectural character: This is a medium-sized station, one story high, with the heavy masonry and dominant roof characteristic of Richardson's work. 2. Condition of fabric: Good. OLD COLONY (NOW NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD) RAILROAD STAT ION BABS No. MASS-663 (Page 2) B. Technical Description of Exterior 1. Layout and orientation: This a medium-sized rectangular building, one story high. The long axis of the building rlU1s north-south, and the train platform is on the west side of the building. 2. Foundations: Smooth faced masonry with rounded top edge . .3.

Wall construction: Rough faced, random ashlar of squared gray granite with red granite belt course and trim. 4. Porches: A porte-cuchere projects from the center of the building on the east side opposite the train plat- form. The outer corners have large masonry piers sup- porting the roof. 5. Chimneys: Rough ashlar chimney in center of roof pro- jecting at the ridge line. 6. Openings: Finished with rough faced ashlar masonry of a red hue. The doors on both sides are set in wide, semi-circular arches, finished on the face with rough- faced stone, and on the under surface with smooth, or dressed, stone ornamented with a roll molding. The en- tire space around the doors within the arches is filled with windows (now boarded up), with carved and molded mullions and transoms. 7. Roof: a.

Shape, covering: T-shaped drip roof covered with slate, with the short stem of the T forming the roof of the porte-c:OChere. b. Eaves: The eaves, supported by wooden brackets, project deeply on all sides to shelter the plat- forms. The simple wood brackets, rather light in appearance, are supported on stone cor-bels. c. Dormer: Two dormers on platform front with hip roofs and each with five windows. C. Technical Description of Interior 1. Floor plans: The building is symmetrical with a central hall running from the front entrance in the porte-cochere to a ticket office on the opposite side of the building, and with waiting rooms on either side. 2. Flooring: Tile. OLD COLONY (NOW NEW YORK) NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD) ,MA RAILROAD STATION 3. f: A\ftJJ'i No. MASS-663 (Page 3) 1~ J.

Wall and ceiling finish: Walls are finished with ve~tical wood sheathing to the height of the doorways. The narrow boards have molded faces and double beaded edges. There is a molded wood baseboard and a wide molded band at the top of the wood sheathing. The walls above the sheath- ing are plastered, and the ceilings are covered with narrow) beaded boarding. 4. Doorways and doors: Wood doors have wide) sunk panels arranged one above the other. 5. Trim: :Molded wood trim. 6. Hardware: Doors have lmobs and butt hinges. t 7. Lighting: 1vbdern electrical fixtures. 8. Heating: Central heating with radiators. D. Site 1. General setting: The station is in an open, level area with tracks on one side and street on the other. 2. Landscaping: Informal with lawn, trees and shrubs.

Prepared by Abbott L. Cummings) Assistant Director Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities Boston, Massachusetts - January