Contoocook Railroad Depot

868 Main St., Hopkinton, New Hampshire. County/parish: Merrimack.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 16, 2006. NRIS 06000131.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Contoocook Railroad Depot

The Contoocook Railroad Depot is located in Hopkinton, New Hampshire, United States, in the village of Contoocook. The depot was completed in 1849 as one of the first substantial railroad passenger stations west of Concord on the Concord and Claremont Railroad. The building is one of the best preserved of a small number of gable-roofed railroad stations surviving from the first decade of rail development in New Hampshire. The station exemplifies the pioneering period of rail development in the state.

It is one of the earliest and least altered depots of the 1850 period in New Hampshire. Displaying the Greek Revival style, with modifications that proclaim its identity as a new building type, the depot is an important artifact in the history and evolution of railroad architecture in New Hampshire.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77845393