National Register of Historic Places

North Abington Depot

North Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Listed
May 12, 1976
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
76001612

About this property

North Abington station is a former railroad station in North Abington, Massachusetts. It is located across from the intersection of Harrison Avenue and Railroad Street, along what is today the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's Plymouth/Kingston Line, and is now home to the Abington Depot restaurant. The single-story Richardsonian Romanesque granite-and-brownstone building was designed by Bradford Lee Gilbert and built in 1893 by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (NYNH&H). Construction on the building was begun immediately following the "North Abington Riot", in which railroad laborers and local townspeople fought over the town's right to allow a grade-level streetcar crossing over the NYNH&H track. The legal case over this issue set a precedent in state legal jurisprudence that a single Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justice was sufficient to render binding interpretations of the law. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 as North Abington Depot. National Register of Historic Places listings in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Media related to North Abington station at Wikimedia Commons

Location

North Abington, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
42.12918, -70.94180

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When was North Abington Depot listed on the National Register?

North Abington Depot was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 1976.

What type of historic resource is North Abington Depot?

North Abington Depot is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for North Abington Depot?

The period of significance for North Abington Depot is recorded as the industrial era.

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