Comfort Station (Milton, Massachusetts)

The Comfort Station is a historic "sanitary" on Blue Hill Avenue in Milton, Massachusetts. It is located in the Blue Hills Reservation, managed by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.

Comfort Station
West side
LocationBlue Hill Ave., Milton, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°13′9.9″N 71°7′5.6″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1904
ArchitectStickney & Austin
Architectural styleSwiss Chalet
MPSBlue Hills and Neponset River Reservations MRA
NRHP reference No.80000658[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 25, 1980

Although finely detailed by Stickney & Austin in Swiss Chalet style, this is a very simple building, built in 1904 for a single purpose which it still performs today. It is approximately 35x22 feet (10x7m), divided approximately half and half between men's and women's toilets which sit on a terrazzo floor about five feet (1.5m) above grade. Two handicapped accessible toilets were added on the east (back) side during an extensive refurbishing in 2008. It is well preserved, with most exterior parts either original or carefully matched to the original.[2] It was originally adjacent to a trolley rest stop, but the trolley and the restaurant pavilion are long gone. It now serves visitors to the Department of Conservation and Recreation's Trailside Museum and people climbing Great Blue Hill, at whose base it sits. The Trailside Museum is owned by DCR and operated by the Massachusetts Audubon Society through a 5-year permit agreement.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 25, 1980.[1]

  • North side
  • South side
    The gratings are not original. The portion to the right are handicapped accessible toilets, added in 2008.[2]
  • Chimney detail
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See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Pressley Associates (2008). Trailside Master Plan (PDF). Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation. p. A.56.
  3. http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dcr/pe/trailside/02-executive-summary.pdf


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