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EW HAMPSHIRERailroad Stations in New Hampshire
, now in its twenty-fourth year, is a site devoted to the history, location, and uses of railroad depots, whether still standing or long gone, throughout the ten counties of New Hampshire. Readers are invited to consult the tables and links below and to submit additions, corrections, and photos to make this a more detailed, more precise, and more complete site. *** Word reaches
us that the former (second) station of the B&M at West Rindge
has
burned, but is still standing, and that the owner intends to repair or rebuild
the structure.
***Bad/Good News: The Maplewood Station has been razed at its original site but is expected to be saved, moved, and reconstructed/restored nearby! Donate here to the station restoration fund: Just Be Historical: Save the Station
Help Preserve the station at Newington: Save the Seven list of the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance.
*** From the B&MRR Historical Society, word has reached us, sadly, that the following structures have been lost in the last two years: The Plymouth freighthouse, the Gonic freighthouse, and the station at South Bennington (which has long been listed here, perhaps incorrectly, as being gone); likewise we are told that the Mount Whittier (West Ossipee freighthouse) will be gone soon (as will what remains of the roundhouses at Concord and Portsmouth). Can someone on-site confirm for us that these stations and freighthouses have in fact been torn down, or supply any additional information about their demise? Thanks! ***
Anyone interested in seeking out the stations listed on this website or the locations where former stations once stood is strongly urged to consult Matt Cosgro's excellent website Nashua City Station for clear maps of every station site in the state of New Hampshire (and throughout New England).
Notice: The site includes a gallery of scans of New Hampshire railroad depot paintings (and a few others of railroad interest) done by New Hampshire artist Arch McDonnell, mostly in the 1970's and 1980's.
Can You Help? Can you help to resolve any of the various depot mysteries on the site's Verify Page?
Recent Updates
May 18 2022: Updated Belknap County [added postcard: Laconia]; Carroll County [added postcard: Bartlett (F)]; Cheshire County [added postcard: Troy]; Coos County [added photos: Crawfords (P) {2}; added postcards: Crawfords, Fabyans]; Grafton County [added postcard: Canaan (P)]; Hillsborough County [added postcard: Brookline]; Merrimack County [added postcard: Gerrish]; Rockingham County [added postcards: Newton Jct. {2}, Hampton, Fremont (F)]; Color Postcard Archive [added postcards: Laconia (Belk. Co.); West Rindge (orig.), Troy (Ches. Co.); Crawfords (Coos Co.); Newton Jct. (Rock. Co.)]; Other Stations (Gone) Page [added postcards: Alton Bay (orig.) (Belk. Co.); Mt. Willard House (Carr. Co.); West Rindge (orig.), Keene (repl.) (Ches. Co.); Mt. Washington Summit {2} (Coos Co.); Bristol (Graf. Co.); Antrim, Elmwood Jct., Manchester 2nd Union, Greenfield (P) (Hills. Co.); Concord Union, Hill (Merr. Co.); Atkinson (P), Atkinson (F) {2} (Rock. Co.); Farmington (P) (Straf. Co,)]; Arch McDonnell Gallery [added one print: Concord Union]; Further Reference Pages [added 2 titles to NHArts. section (Riedl, Richter); added 1 title to NHBks. section (Herbert & Povall)]; Field Operatives Page [Thanks again, Mark, several times! Thanks to all the usual suspects!]. Also upgraded 16 images, site-wide.
Previous Updates: 12/1/21 4/26/21 10/22/20 7/23/20 5/16/20 4/1/20 2/23/20 12/31/19 9/15/19 5/12/19 2/4/19 9/26/18 6/11/18 5/22/18 1/26/18 1/14/18 6/21/17 5/11/17 2/1/17 1/4/17 9/9/16 6/2/16 5/1/16 4/24/16 1/1/16 6/8/15 12/30/14, 9/2/14, 6/1/14, 2/7/14, 6/23/13, 2/25/13 4/29/12, 12/26/11, 12/3/11, 6/21/11, 4/26/11, 3/27/11, 10/3/10 6/13/10 1/3/10 11/15/09 6/25/09, 6/1/09, 2/12/09, 9/21/08, 6/16/08, 3/1/08, 1/1/08, 9/27/07, 6/15/07, 3/7/07, 12/10/06, 11/18/06, 6/14/06, 3/12/06, 1/2/06 [See archive]
Stations
Still Standing in New Hampshire: Select a county to view:
Current Total: 232 standing stations listed / 605 different stations pictured
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Other
Station Lists, Photos, and Information:
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the link you would like to see:
Navigating the Stations:
If I don't have a piece of information, such as a built date or street, you'll see a ???. Please e-mail me a message if you are able to contribute information to this page. Be sure to include what station you are referring to (railroad and city).
Photos: A camera
next to a town or city name indicates a photo of that station located in the
archive; a blue camera
indicates an
historical map image of the station. Click on either camera to see the
image. As I often receive duplicate photos or different views of the
same station, I will occasionally rotate different people's photos on the
county pages. If you send me a photo scan, I will inscribe an attribution to
you; if you prefer to do it yourself, please inscribe in small letters at
top or bottom the year of the photo, and your full name. I typically will
list multiple camera symbols; on the Counties pages, this usually signifies current
photos plus black-and-white images from days gone by (for purposes of comparison), while
on the Other Stations Page, these usually signify multiple "historical" black-and-white
photos. I believe that all photos included at this site that are not attributed to the
individuals who submitted them are in the public domain and that their use does not
violate any copyright laws; please write to me if you know this not to be the case for any
image here. For the record, I allow no advertising and make no money from
the site; in fact, it costs me money to maintain it.
I don't know who this boy was, but it ought to have been me. I grew up in Manchester, NH, and my parents always told me
that I had a habit of threatening to run away from home when I didn't get my way. I was blonde and even looked like this guy!
(By the way, I was 11 years old when they tore down this beautiful old B. L. Gilbert depot in 1962. I'd like to say that I remember it, but I don't know that I do.) --GL
Page designed by Gary LaPointe (and Michael Sellers)
Table format and "Navigating the Stations" text designed by
Charles WooleverBegun: 1998 by Gary LaPointe
This site uses GIF images from Ken Houghton's RailImages