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Munroe station (MBTA)

former railway station in Lexington, Massachusetts

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ25207949 ↗
Source-derived summary

Munroe station was a commuter rail station in the Munroe Hill neighbourhood of Lexington, Massachusetts, serving the Lexington Branch of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Commuter Rail system. The depot was located near Munroe Tavern.

History

The small wooden station was replaced with a 20-by-30-foot (6.1 m × 9.1 m) station building in November 1903. It was demolished in 1959, though trains continued to stop. Lexington Branch service ended after a snowstorm blocked the line on January 10, 1977.

Editorial summary

“Munroe station (MBTA)” enters the record as former railway station in Lexington, Massachusetts. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Munroe, station and MBTA can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1903, 1959, 1977—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Munroe, station and MBTA.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Munroe station (MBTA)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Munroe, station and MBTA provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q25207949. Authority coordinates are 42.441, -71.213. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1903, 1959 and 1977.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Munroe station (MBTA)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Munroe station (MBTA) primary sources, Munroe station (MBTA) archive and Munroe research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Munroe station (MBTA)”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Munroe station (MBTA)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.