455 Boston Post Rd
Old Saybrook, CT 06475, USA

Old Saybrook Railroad Station, 455 Boston Post Rd, Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, CT

The Old Saybrook Railroad Station, Depot (AHSB No. CT-466-A, about 1900; 1936) and Interlocking Tower (HABS No. CT-466-B, about 1912) are significant as surviving, intact examples of turn-of-the-century railroad junction architecture and design. Both structures are historically significant as evidence of Old Saybrook`s importance as a railroad junction and the development of regional transportation and recreation. Additionally, the Depot is significant for retention of its exterior and interior historic fabric. The Interlocking Tower is significant as evidence of the development of railroad communications and safety technology; for the retention of its original manual switch lever interlocking machine, and as one of three, remaining, early, timber-frame construction interlocking towers on the New Haven Railroad main line between Boston and New York.

Old Saybrook Railroad Station, Depot, 455 Boston Post Rd, Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, CT

The Old Saybrook Station Depot (about 1900, 1936) is significant as it is a major component of a surviving, intact example of turn-of-the-century, small-town railroad junction architecture and design. The Depot is also historically significant as evidence of Old Saybrook`s importance as a railroad junction, and the development of regional transportation and recreation. The Depot is also significant for its retention of its exterior and interior historic fabric.

Old Saybrook Railroad Station, Interlocking Tower, 455 Boston Post Rd, Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, CT

The Old Saybrook Railroad Station Interlocking Tower (1912) is significant as it is a rare, surviving example of a railroad interlocking, or switch tower. The Tower is one of three remaining timber-framed interlocking towers on the former New Haven Railroad main line, and is also significant for the retention of its manual switch machinery. The Interlocking Tower is also historically significant as evidence of Old Saybrook`s importance as a railroad junction, and illustrates the development of railroad communications and safety technology.