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Just before his death in 1886, the distinguished architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-1886) of Brookline, Massachusetts, from whom the "Richardsonian" style of architecture takes its name, built ten railroad depots for the Boston & Albany Railroad, whose Brookline branch was his local line. Though some of these have unfortunately since been demolished, others survive and are counted among the outstanding buildings of their period.
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| Richardson's last design, the depot in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 1886, incorporated a dramatic Port cochère |
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| Richardson's charming depot of 1881 at Auburndale, Massachusetts, was unfortunately demolished in 1961. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress |
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| Richardson's Old Colony, Massachusetts depot. Image courtesy of Wikipedia Commons |
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| Wellesley Station in Massachusetts, designed by Richardson in 1884. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress |
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