Concord & Montreal Passenger Station
New Boston, New Hampshire
Depot Street off State Route 13
1893, 1895
In 1893, a group of local men built a five-mile rail line from Parkers Station to the village of New Boston. These entrepreneurs immediately leased the line to the Concord & Montreal (soon to become the Boston & Maine). Early one morning, just two years later, the fieldstone and stucco New Boston depot caught fire; nothing remained but the walls and part of the roof. Quickly rebuilt, including its shingled wooden turret, the station continued in operation until the mid-1930's, when the tracks were removed. For $200, a local group bought the depot, which was used consecutively for community meeting, overflow classroom space, church services, and a police station. Today it is privately owned and rented as a house. Although the interior now has extra partitions and false ceiling, the huge stone fireplace remains in view. The water tank and round house are gone. However, it is believed that the turntable may still exist.
* Information provided by Janet Greenstein Potter's Great American Railroad Stations, and Richard Moody, a resident of New Boston.
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