Greenville Junction Depot Friends

Greenville Junction Depot dates from the years when two railroads met at the foot of Moosehead Lake. The Bangor and Piscataquis — later absorbed into the Bangor and Aroostook — arrived at Greenville Junction in July 1884, and the Canadian Pacific's subsidiary International Railway of Maine was built through the village in 1888 on its way across the state. The wood-frame, one-story depot opened in 1889, gained an addition in 1911, and is instantly recognizable for the conical 'witch's hat' roof at one end of the building. It served as a combined passenger and freight depot from 1889 until it closed in 1965, through the era when rail connections and lake steamboats fed sportsmen and tourists into the Moosehead Lake resort country. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017 as the Canadian Pacific Railway Depot, Greenville Junction, and the local Friends organization that gives this listing its name now champions the landmark's preservation.