Richardsonian
Station

1898  Railroad Station

The Central New England Railroad brought flocks of summer visitors to Norfolk when this station was built in 1898. Station Place had become the primary entrance to the village center, and the new “artistic” station presented the proper image of a cultivated town to travelers. Designed by the New York-based firm Hill & Turner, the building is sheathed in native granite and has a broad roof with slightly-flared eaves. At the time it was built, a sign in brass letters read: “Norfolk, the Highest Railroad Station in Connecticut.”

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