Showing posts with label old train station. Show all posts
Showing posts with label old train station. Show all posts

Monday, May 9, 2011

Only ghosts catch the train here.


Living passengers must wait for the train at the bigger, newer station in Fairhaven.

The old Bellingham train depot was designed by local architect F. Stanley Piper and built in the early 1920's after the original building burned down. Passengers walked through these lovely arches and waited for the train under glossy high-beamed ceilings and fancy wrought-iron chandeliers. In the early 1980's the depot was deemed too small, and passenger service switched to Fairhaven. Located at what is now a little-known dead end on D Street, most people drive near this beautiful old building every day without any knowledge of it.