Concord & Montreal Passenger Station
Laconia, New Hampshire
11 Veterans Square
1892
Listed on the National Register of Historic
Places on January 11, 1982 (82001667 NRIS)
From the Boston Daily Globe, Aug. 1892 - "It
is safe to say that nowhere in New England, or out of it (aside from large
cities), can there be found so handsome and convenient a passenger station as
the one at Laconia by Mr. Gilbert of New York."
Romanesque Revival Style: Light grey granite with red sandstone trimmings.
Interior of oak finish. Station dimensions are 35 feet x 105 feet, and
Rotunda are 40 feet x 40 feet with covered platforms, 6,200 square feet.
The station was once used as a police station and courtroom. The
platform was enclosed to become the chamber of commerce. Today, the station
houses different businesses which are:
Blackcat Cafe,
Burrito Me,
Franklin Savings Bank,
Kramer & Hall Goldsmiths
and
Prescott's Florist & Gardens.
There is an active railroad line with no available passenger service.
Sources of interest are shown at the bottom of this page.
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