Allston Depot - View this location on map Once one of several rail facilities in Allston-Brighton, only this depot remains to reflect the community's role in Boston's transportation history. The Brighton cattle market contributed to the growth of the local rail industry, and when the area evolved from market town to suburb some of the wooden structures were replaced by these Romanesque-Revival style depots. The 1887 Allston Depot was designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, the successor firm to H.H. Richardson. Together they designed 30 stations for the Boston & Albany, then the largest rail line in New England. 353 Cambridge St., Boston, MA Historical

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