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Yarmouth station (Maine)

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line, which crosses this track just to the north. It does not stop in Yarmouth.) The station is a single-story wood-frame structure, set on a high granite block foundation. It has a hip roof and clapboard siding, and is roughly rectangular in shape, with small projecting sections on the either
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for $ 500 in 1968 to save it from demolition. It housed a florist until February 2018, when it was put on the market for $ 165,000. It is now occupied by a branch of Gorham Savings Bank.
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side, and a semicircular northern end. The roof has extended eaves, in a form typical of many railroad stations, with the eaves supported by large decoratively-cut brackets.
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form of its northern end is found in no other Maine station. The waiting room for the station stood on the land now occupied by Hancock Lumber (formerly Yarmouth Market) and
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Yarmouth's former Grand Trunk station stands just south of SR 115, on the east side of the
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine
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as a passenger depot on its line between Portland and
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288 Main Street (Yarmouth, Maine)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Yarmouth station (Maine) is located in Maine
Yarmouth station (Maine) is located in the United States
Main Street
Yarmouth, Maine
43°48′06″N 70°11′26″W / 43.8016717°N 70.1906447°W / 43.8016717; -70.1906447
79000139
Yarmouth, Maine
Maine State Route 115
Main Street
Grand Trunk Railroad
National Register of Historic Places
Maine Central Railroad
Amtrak
Downeaster
Portland
Brunswick
Boston and Maine Railroad
Grand Trunk Railway
Montreal
Stick style architecture
Canadian National Railway
apsidal
Bank of America
Grand Trunk railway stations
Grand Trunk Railroad
National Register of Historic Places listings in Cumberland County, Maine
Historical buildings and structures of Yarmouth, Maine

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