Poland Railroad Station, Poland Maine

The former Maine Central Railroad Station in Poland is probably the best-preserved specimen of standard turn-of-the-century station architecture in Maine. It is also the finest example of several railroad buildings in the state which have been converted for residential use.
This station was built on a branch line of the Grand Trunk Railroad constructed in 1894 principally to serve the great Poland Spring House resort. This branch left the main line at Lewiston Junction and with stations at Empire, Poland Spring and Poland rejoined the Grand Trunk Railroad at Mechanic Falls. The line was owned by the Maine Central Railroad.
Building Description
The Maine Central Railroad Station in Poland, Maine, dating from 1901, is a well-preserved and representative example of a late 19th-century rural railroad station.
The one-story, rectangular building is of frame construction with a hipped roof and two internal brick chimneys. Typical of its function, the station has a greatly overhanging roof on all four sides which is supported by large but relatively plain brackets.
The facade, which faces southwest, contains a double and single doorway as well as a slightly projecting rectangular bay window. Fenestration is 2/2, save for the sides of the bay window where it is 1/1. The ends of the building each contain a single entrance with a paneled door and a 2/2 window. The station is principally sided with clapboards above a low band of vertical boards.
Now tastefully converted for residential use, the interior retains virtually all of its original appointments, including the ticket office with its grille and most of the original partitions.

View looking south (1980)

View looking northwest (1980)
