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.
Contoocook Railroad Depot | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Contoocook Railroad Depot with 1907 passenger coach | |
| Location | 896 Main Street, Contoocook, NH 03229 Off NH 103 and NH 127 Hopkinton, New Hampshire (village of Contoocook) |
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| Coordinates | 43°13′21″N 71°42′47″W |
| Built | 1849-50, renovated 1999–2013 |
| Architectural style | Mid-Nineteenth Century Two Story Wooden Frame |
| Website | www.contoocookdepot.org |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000131 |
| Added to NRHP | March 16, 2006 |
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.