Canadian National Railways (Intercolonial Railway) Station

The character-defining elements of the Canadian National Railways (Intercolonial Railway) Station at Sackville include but are not limited to:

-its massing, consisting of a long, low, one-and-a-half-storey, rectangular block; capped by a high, slightly bell-cast, hip roof; with projecting bays located off-centre on both track and street elevations

-its deep, overhanging eaves, with: tongue-and-groove boarding; exposed rafter tails; and chamfered wooden brackets resting on carved stone corbels

-the gabled dormer above each projecting bay, with a small round-arched window and stone voussoir

-its coursed, rock-faced ashlar masonry

-the small date stone between the sills of windows in the operator’s bay

-a second stone with Roman numerals near the water table on the north elevation

-the regular placement of door and window openings

-the exterior frames of door and window openings, finished with rounded brickmoulds

-materials which provide textural and colour contrast, including: olive, rock-faced sandstone walls; and plum-coloured sandstone for the base course, quoins, door and window surrounds, corbels, gables, and as a continuous belt course under the eaves

-its use of local plum and olive coloured sandstone

-surviving original doors

-surviving original interior finishes in the baggage room, including: elaborate door and window surrounds; and decorative tongue-and-groove ceiling panels

-vestiges of the timber platform at street side.