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North Creek Railroad Station Complex
North Creek Railroad Station Complex, August 2010
Location: Railroad Pl., North Creek, New York Coordinates: 43°42′10″N 73°59′23″W / 43.70278°N 73.98972°WCoordinates: 43°42′10″N 73°59′23″W / 43.70278°N 73.98972°W Area: 6 acres (2.4 ha) Built: 1871 Architectural style: Stick/Eastlake Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 76001287[1] Added to NRHP: August 27, 1976 North Creek Railroad Station Complex is a historic railroad station complex located at North Creek, Warren County, New York. The complex consists of the railroad station, the freight house, round house, turntable, old station,and horse barn. The station was built in 1874 and is a simple, rectangular, gable roofed building with a broad, overhanging strut-supported roof in the Stick-Eastlake style. The original station was built in 1871. It was built as the northern terminus of the Adirondack Railway. It is notable as the place where Theodore Roosevelt learned of the assassination of President William McKinley and of his accession to the Presidency of the United States.[2] It is currently operated as a station for the Saratoga and North Creek Railroad scenic railway.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Doris Vanderlipp Manley (February 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: North Creek Railroad Station Complex". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10005. Retrieved 2010-09-18. See also: "Accompanying six photos". http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=9988.
External links
- North Creek Depot Museum website
- Saratoga & North Creek RR website
- Upper Hudson River Railroad website (now defunct)
Categories:- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New York
- Queen Anne architecture in New York
- Buildings and structures completed in 1871
- Buildings and structures in Warren County, New York
- Transportation in Warren County, New York
- Warren County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
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