Epiphanie heritage Canadian Pacific Railway Station

As I took the pictures I was sad to see that an heritage site is in such dilapidated state. We place historic buildings and construction on a protection list and we don’t provide budgets to keep them in a presentable state, fit of the status that was given to them. But who cares, it’s just a old train station.. Here are the details for this stations

CONSTRUCTION DATE(S)

1923/01/01

DESCRIPTION OF HISTORIC PLACE

The Canadian Pacific Railway Station (CPR) at L’Épiphanie is a two-storey, wood railway station, built in 1923. It is situated in an isolated location near the village of L’Épiphanie, on the rail line between Montréal and Québec. The formal recognition is confined to the railway station building itself.

HERITAGE VALUE

The Canadian Pacific Railway Station (CPR) at L’Épiphanie is the only surviving example of CPR Standard Plan No. 9 in the province of Quebec. It includes residential space for the station agent on two floors, and in other respects is typical of early-20th-century rural railway stations.

The station retains its relationship to the railway tracks and surrounding landscape.

Sources: Heritage Character Statement, Canadian Pacific Railway Station, L’Épiphanie, Québec, February 1993; Yves Laframboise et Louise Côté, Ethnotech inc. Railway Station Report 100, Canadian Pacific Railway Station, L’Épiphanie, Québec.

CHARACTER-DEFINING ELEMENTS

Character-defining elements of the Canadian Pacific Railway Station at L’Épiphanie include:
-its form and massing, consisting of: a central, two-storey block with a projecting operator’s bay and capped by a gable roof; flanked by one-storey wings of unequal length, capped by slightly bell-cast hipped roofs
-features typical of early-20th-century railway stations, including: hipped roofs; wide, overhanging eaves that form a platform canopy on all sides; regularly placed, triangular wood brackets supporting the canopy; and a projecting operator’s bay on the track side
-its exterior treatment, consisting of: horizontal boarding along the base of the walls; wood shingling above; and vertical boards at the corners and openings
-tall, brick chimneys rising from either side of the second storey block (one having almost disappeared)
-tall, narrow wood sash windows with multi-lite uppers and single lite lower sash, grouped in pairs and triples
-wood doors with glass above and panels below
-the interior plan of the ground floor, comprised of: the freight room at one end and the waiting room at the other; the station agent’s office with projecting bay at the centre; an adjacent baggage room; and the agent’s private living room and kitchen
-the interior plan of the upper floor, comprised of: sleeping quarters for the agent and his family
-surviving original interior finishes and fixtures, including: lower walls finished with painted burlap; upper walls finished in plaster; wood moulding; wood window and door trim; wood floors; wood stairs; wood integrated agent’s desk.

Source: Historicplaces.ca

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Marc Derome is a freelance photographer specialised un HDR, landscapes, events and street photography. He is also a support analyst in a big Canadian institution.

He is the main contributor for his blog Thruemyeyes

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