Union Station - Palmer MA
Posted by: nomadwillie
N 42° 09.346 W 072° 19.746
18T E 720664 N 4670524
The building, which was designed by American architect H. H. Richardson, opened in June 1884 to consolidate two separate stations nearby.
Waymark Code: WMW08G
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 06/20/2017
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Union Station is a historic former railroad station located in downtown Palmer, Massachusetts. The building, which was designed by American architect H. H. Richardson, opened in June 1884 to consolidate two separate stations nearby. The grounds of the station were originally designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.
In August 1881, the B&A and the NLN hired noted architect H. H. Richardson to design a union station for both railroads to use. The design was complicated by the narrow angle at which the railroads intersected. W.N. Flynt & Company started work in May 1883 and the station opened in June 1884. It was built of granite from Flynt's quarry (which had its own branch off the NLN in Monson) and trimmed with brownstone from Longmeadow. The station, including a small baggage room which is no longer extant, cost $53,616. Its grounds were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted; little of this landscaping remains.
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Today the train station has been converted to a restaurant called the Steaming Tender.