Gray Gables station explained

Gray Gables
Style:	New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Line:	Woods Hole Branch
Opened:	1892
Closed:	July 18, 1938
Other Services Header:	Former services

Gray Gables station is a former train station in Bourne, Massachusetts.

History

The station was first built by the Old Colony Railroad around 1892 as a stop for President Grover Cleveland's nearby summer home of Gray Gables.^[1] It was located on the Monument Neck Road in Bourne.^[2] The station was moved to the site of the Aptucxet Trading Post Museum in Bourne in 1977, and was renovated and moved closer to Aptuxet Road in 2013.^[3]

External links

• Gray Gables Railroad Station —Bourne Historical Society

Notes and References

1. Book: Thirtieth Annual Report of the Old Colony Railroad Co. to the Stockholders . 7 . September 1893 . Old Colony Railroad Company.
2. Book: Farson, Robert H.. Joan Hollister Farson. Cape Cod Railroads Including Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. Cape Cod Historical Publications. Yarmouthport, Massachusetts. 1993. First. 144. 0-9616740-1-6.
3. News: Gately . Paul . June 17, 2014 . Grandson of Grover Cleveland helps Bourne celebrate renovated train station . Bourne Courier . Bourne, Massachusetts.