{"nrhp_refnum":"89000225","name":"Lenox Railroad Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Housatonic St. and Willow Creek Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lenox","county":"Berkshire County","state":"MA","lat":42.350410399000054,"lon":-73.24517090299997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1989-06-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Entertainment/Recreation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1 1/2-story stucco and half-timbered railroad station on Housatonic Street and Willow Creek Road in Lenox, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, built in 1902 to replace an earlier depot that burned that year.","why_significant":"The station is cited under Criterion A for its link to Lenox's growth as a highland summer resort, when wealthy vacationers arrived by rail and trolley. Under Criterion C, it is a well-preserved, rare example of Tudor Revival rural railway design in its region. It is also the only station built by the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company found to use stucco and half-timbering.","narrative":"Built in 1902 after an earlier depot burned, this 1 1/2-story railroad station in Lenox, Massachusetts, is finished in stucco with decorative half-timbering in the Tudor Revival manner. It measures eighty-two by thirty-two feet and has a hipped roof with braced wooden brackets, a porte cochere on the west front, and covered passenger shelters at both ends. Inside, the waiting room keeps a brick fireplace, wainscotting and plaster, though a drop ceiling was added later. The station served the Stockbridge and Pittsfield Railroad and trolley lines, including a spur nicknamed the Millionaires' Trolley, carrying wealthy summer residents to their Berkshire estates. Passenger service ended in 1958, and the building is now in neglected condition. It is considered important locally as a nearly unaltered survivor of the town's resort era and as a rare rural depot using stucco and half-timbering. James Clifford's Sons of Lenox were the builders. A railway museum plans to restore it.","period_of_significance":"1902-1920","architect_builder":"James Clifford's Sons, Lenox, Mass. (builders); no designer identified on the 1902 plans, which bear the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad name","architectural_style":"Late 19th & 20th Century Revival/Tudor; Other/Half-timbering","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Described as in neglected condition and not used as a passenger terminal since 1958; part is used for storage by an adjacent construction company. A railway museum has recently acquired it and plans restoration.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:13:01.433851-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/74/7942/63794274/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/89000225.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000225/6451d156fa-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/89000225/6451d156fa-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Ham549 at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berkshire_Scenic_Railway_Museum.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ham549 at English Wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Berkshire_Scenic_Railway_Museum.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63794274","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenox_station_(Massachusetts)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6523184"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/berkshire-county/lenox-railroad-station-89000225/"}