This just in. Gary asked the fellow who provided the photo of this depot on his site, Nels Anderson, about it. Here is his reply.

 

"Hi Gary and Steve...

I know the building well. It's the same one that's in the photo I sent in and what's now being called the "Preservation Station". You may remember the link I sent in before about the current work on restoring it and moving it to a new spot: http://www.framingham.com/history/notes/nob_post.htm It was indeed a garage until last fall. The garage door was just closed in recently, to restore it back to its original appearance and it also got a new roof. The two doors show the dual use--post office and library, each of which got half the building. In Steve's interior shot you can see some of the library book shelves. But if he photographed the other window on that side it would have shown what's more interesting from the railroad perspective. That window I'm told is the only one that fully opens. There's a sort of desk (just a simple wooden desktop) mounted at the window and I'm told this is where train tickets were sold. Unfortunately, the people behind the restoration that I've talked to are a bit vague on the railroad use details on the building so I don't know years of use, where exactly the building used to be placed, or any of the things we'd like to know for the depot web site. Steve, you probably noticed the big dirt area next to the building. Until a few months ago this was the house that went with it...and the former original depot building. When it was converted to a house a second floor was added which so greatly changed the appearance that it was unrecognizable. I go by the spot all the time and had no idea the house had been a train depot...there was no visible clue, though I'm told the dorm window was still there but I guess not visible from the road as I never noticed."

 

Ok, so now I am convinced. This was a depot. If anyone has more info, especially a pic of it in use- please let me know.

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