BARTLETT — The N.H. Division of Historical Resources has announced that the Bartlett Roundhouse has been honored by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior with placement on the National Register of Historic Places. In addition to being a surviving example of a rare type of 19th-century railroad architecture, the roundhouse is significant for the role it played in the history of rail transportation in northern New England.
Once a critical part of a bustling railyard in Bartlett Village, the roundhouse was built in 1887 for the storage and repair of locomotives on the Portland & Odgenberg line. Its footprint is arch-shaped and was designed so that a 56-foot turntable in front of it could guide trains into the six separate repair stalls, where crews could perform maintenance 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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