Piermont (Erie Railroad station)

PIERMONT

The former station depot at Piermont as seen in 2009, with the tracks for the Northern Branch removed.
Location 50 Ash Street, Piermont, New York 10968
Coordinates 41°02′29″N 73°55′06″W / 41.04152°N 73.91837°WCoordinates: 41°02′29″N 73°55′06″W / 41.04152°N 73.91837°W
Owned by Village of Piermont
Line(s) Northern Branch
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks removed
Other information
Station code 2007 (Erie Railroad)[1]
History
Opened 1873
Closed 1966
Rebuilt 2008 (restored)
Services
Preceding station   Erie Railroad   Following station
Sparkill
Northern Branch
Grand View
toward Nyack
Piermont Railroad Station
Location 50 Ash St., Piermont, New York
Coordinates 41°2′38″N 73°55′9″W / 41.04389°N 73.91917°W
Area less than one acre
Built 1873
Architectural style Stick/eastlake
Governing body Local
NRHP Reference # 08001146[2]
Added to NRHP December 3, 2008

Piermont Railroad Station is a historic train station located at Piermont in Rockland County, New York. It was built about 1873 by the Northern Railroad of New Jersey, later acquired by the Erie Railroad. It is a 1 1⁄2-story, light frame building above a stone foundation. It features Stick Style exterior siding and a Late Victorian interior.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.[2]

The station is owned by the Village of Piermont, It is maintained by the Piermont Historical Society which has raised funds for and completed a structural and exterior restoration. The restoration included replacing the missing cupola and roof support timbers. Exterior paint colors were selected based on a period newspaper article describing the then new station. Interior renovations are underway. The station is open to the public on selected dates.

An earlier station at Piermont, no longer in existence, was located on the Piermont Branch, which was originally the main line of the New York and Erie Railroad opened in 1841. It was located on the east side of Piermont Avenue about 200 feet north of Paradise Avenue.[4] As early as 1868 it had only one passenger train a day in each direction.

The opening of Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey, constructed from 1886 to 1889, diverted most of the Erie Railroad traffic southward. By 1892 the Piermont station was for freight only. The 1916 station list does not show it at all.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09.
  3. ↑ William E. Krattinger (May 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Piermont Railroad Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-05-28. See also: "Accompanying five photos".
  4. ↑ Beers, F. W., Atlas of the Hudson River Valley, Watson and Co, New York, 1891.
  5. ↑ Travelers Official Railway Guide June 1868; Travelers Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigation Lines, June 1893.

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