{"nrhp_refnum":"75000258","name":"Framingham Railroad Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"417 Waverly St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Framingham","county":"Middlesex County","state":"MA","lat":42.27655572700007,"lon":-71.41780681799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-01-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A long one-story railroad station at 417 Waverly Street in Framingham, Massachusetts, designed by H.H. Richardson in 1883 and built in 1885 next to the town's central business district.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a thoroughly documented and well-preserved Richardson station, designed at the height of his career. It also reflects Framingham's growth as the transportation hub of the area, with rail lines running in seven directions and special trains serving popular picnic and camp meeting grounds.","narrative":"Framingham's railroad station, at 417 Waverly Street, is a long one-story building designed by H.H. Richardson in 1883 and completed in 1885. Granite in grey and red random ashlar faces its walls, and a steep slate hip roof is pierced by three granite dormers that work as a clerestory. On the track side, the roof slopes down into an arcade carried on wooden posts. Inside, a large waiting room has a central fireplace, exposed roof trusses and narrow vertical wall boarding. A matching open platform shelter stands across the tracks. The station replaced an older wooden depot and was built because Framingham had become the centre of east-west transportation, with branch lines running in seven directions and special trains carrying crowds to Harmony Grove and the Lake View camp meeting grounds. It is valued as a well-documented station by the leading station designer of his day, completed three years before his death in 1886.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (designed 1883; built 1885)","architect_builder":"H.H. Richardson (architect)","architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as in fair condition and altered, on its original site; still used as a railroad station, with a bus line using the waiting room. The two baggage areas of the open platform across the tracks 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 02:11:53.549975-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/7960/63796063/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/75000258.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000258/4259847d0c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75000258/4259847d0c-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Framingham_Railroad_Station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Framingham_Railroad_Station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63796063","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105069492"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/middlesex-county/framingham-railroad-station-75000258/"}