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

Gray Gables
Early-20-century postcard of Gray Gables station
General information
LocationMonument Neck Road, Bourne, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°44′1.64″N 70°36′52.85″W / 41.7337889°N 70.6146806°W / 41.7337889; -70.6146806
Line(s)Woods Hole Branch
History
Opened1892
ClosedJuly 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

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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.
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