Railroad Terminal Historic District

Railroad Terminal Historic District
Railroad Terminal Historic District, Binghamton NY, October 2009
Location Intersection of Chenango St. and Erie-Lackawanna RR tracks, Binghamton, New York
Coordinates 42°6′15″N 75°54′29″W / 42.10417°N 75.90806°W / 42.10417; -75.90806Coordinates: 42°6′15″N 75°54′29″W / 42.10417°N 75.90806°W / 42.10417; -75.90806
Area 18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built 1901
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Renaissance, Romanesque
NRHP reference # 86000488[1]
Added to NRHP March 20, 1986

Railroad Terminal Historic District is a national historic district in Binghamton in Broome County, New York. The district includes 19 contributing buildings. Four of the buildings were directly related to Binghamton's rail passenger and freight operations, including the passenger station. Five buildings were built as warehouses, and ten were built to house retail activities with residential or office uses on the upper floors. The buildings were built between 1876 and 1910, with a major addition to one of them completed in 1932. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad passenger station, with its Italian Renaissance campanile, was built in 1901.[2] Erie Railroad trains also used the station.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

Destinations when the station was in use

From this location there were Lackawanna trains such as the Phobe Snow to Buffalo, New York to the west and Hoboken to the east. Lackawanna trains also served Syracuse, New York and Utica, New York to the north and Scranton, the Poconos and northern New Jersey to the south. Erie Railroad trains such as the Lake Cities and the Erie Limited served Chicago to the west and Jersey City to the east. The last long distance train was on January 6, 1970 when the Lake Cities stopped running.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Mark L. Peckham (January 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Railroad Terminal Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2009-11-10. See also: "Accompanying 19 photos".
Preceding station   Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad   Following station
Johnson City
toward Buffalo
Main Line
Conklin
toward Hoboken
Chenango Bridge
toward Utica
Utica BranchTerminus
Chenango Bridge
toward Oswego
Oswego Branch
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