David J. Russo

Dedham Railroad Station

High Street and Eastern Avenue
Dedham, Mass.

Year Built: 1882
Year Demolished: 1951

This station was built in 1882 and has been demolished in ca. 1950. Boston & Providence Railroad [later Old Colony (1888) New York, New Haven & Hartford (1900)] built Dedham Station as a monumental granite and brownstone affair designed by Boston architectural firm Sturgis & Brigham that had several recent commissions with the then prosperous Boston & Providence. Dedham Station ultimately served as terminus for the Islington, Dedham and West Roxbury Branches.

References

• “Building Dedham,” Dedham Historical Society, ed. Electa Kane Tritsch, 1986, p. 80 (built 1882 and demolished ca. 1950).

• “Dedham, Massachusetts,” Dedham Historical Society, Images of America, Arcadia Press, Great Britain, 2001, p. 95 (Brigham & Sturgis, built 1882, abandoned 1933 and demolished in 1951).

• American Architect Building News, April 4, 1885, Vol. 17, p. 163, Plate 484, Sturgis & Brigham noted.