{"nrhp_refnum":"10001067","name":"Lee Station","other_names":["Lee Depot","Sullivan Station"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"109 Railroad St","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lee","county":"Berkshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.30792031100003,"lon":-73.25217572599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2010-12-27","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story, balloon-frame Queen Anne/Stick Style railroad station at 109 Railroad Street in Lee, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, built in 1893 for the Housatonic Railroad line, with a kitchen addition and a noncontributing caboose.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the station is a highly used combination passenger and freight depot that served Lee for more than 75 years and supported local commerce and industry. It was the arrival point for wealthy estate owners and summer visitors from New York City. Its design reflects the work of Housatonic Railroad engineers around the turn of the century.","narrative":"Lee Station is a railroad depot on Railroad Street in Lee, Massachusetts, built in 1893 by builders Thomas Heaphy and Nelson Martin. The 1½-story wood-frame building has clapboard siding laid in herringbone and horizontal patterns, a side-gable roof and a three-sided bay for the station agent's office. Inside are yellow pine matchboard walls with walnut trim. It was a combination station handling both passengers and freight for more than 75 years. Quarried marble, milk, livestock, tobacco and ice moved through it, and it received wealthy estate owners and summer visitors from New York City until passenger service stopped in 1969. The design reflects Housatonic Railroad engineers' shift from picturesque ornament toward passenger comfort and freight efficiency. The building now operates as a restaurant with a bar, and a relocated caboose beside it is counted as noncontributing. It was listed for its local significance in transportation and architecture, with a period of significance of 1893 to 1960.","period_of_significance":"1893-1960","architect_builder":"Thomas Heaphy, Nelson Martin, builders","architectural_style":"Late Victorian: Queen Anne (Queen Anne/Stick Style)","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Houses a restaurant (Sullivan Station Restaurant) with a bar and kitchen; passenger service ended in 1969. Eaves overhangs and passenger shelters have been removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:10:51.818053-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/7943/63794338/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/10001067.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001067/f0dd2a80be-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/10001067/f0dd2a80be-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Pedro Xing","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lee_station_095.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pedro Xing</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lee_station_095.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794338","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_station_(Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16894046"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/berkshire-county/lee-station-10001067/"}