{"nrhp_refnum":"84002192","name":"Old Colony Railroad Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"40 Dean St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Taunton","county":"Bristol County","state":"MA","lat":41.90445329600004,"lon":-71.08181284399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1984-07-05","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A brick Italianate railroad depot at 40 Dean Street in Taunton, Massachusetts, built in 1876 by the Old Colony Railroad Company. It later became a building supply store and has brick and frame additions.","why_significant":"It is the only standing railroad depot left in Taunton and a relatively intact example of Italianate commercial architecture. It is described as the city's most visible remaining link to the era when rail lines fostered industrial and commercial growth. The form says it meets criteria A and C.","narrative":"Built in 1876 at 40 Dean Street in Taunton, this brick depot was constructed by the Old Colony Railroad when it ran an extension branch through the city. The line's placement beside the Old Colony Iron Company complex in East Taunton owed much to company president Samuel Crocker, who lobbied for it. The one-and-a-half-story building is Italianate in style, with a cross-gabled roof, common-bond brick walls, granite lintels, staggered granite quoins and a wide overhang on deep truss brackets that shelters the platform. Later brick and frame additions have altered it, and it has served as a building supply store, yet it remains relatively intact. Taunton once had depots in the central area, Whittenton, East Taunton and Myricksville, and this is the only one still standing. It was listed for its architecture and for its link to the railroads that supported the city's industrial and commercial growth.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Italianate","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used as a building supply store (commercial retail); altered by a mid-20th-century one-story brick addition and a frame addition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:11:57.26948-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/87/7894/63789487/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/84002192.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002192/8f6f2f3770-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/84002192/8f6f2f3770-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Colony_Station_Taunton.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_Colony_Station_Taunton.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63789487","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Street_station_(Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7083746"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/bristol-county/old-colony-railroad-station-84002192/"}