{"nrhp_refnum":"00001529","name":"Tuxedo Park Railroad Station","other_names":["Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Station at Tuxedo Park"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 17","address_restricted":false,"city":"Tuxedo","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.19350450300004,"lon":-74.18672712699998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2000-12-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, wood-frame railroad passenger station with stucco walls, on the east side of New York State Route 17 in the town of Tuxedo, Orange County, New York, just outside Tuxedo Park village. It was built in 1886 by the Erie Lackawanna Railroad.","why_significant":"The station is a well-preserved late-nineteenth century railroad passenger station that follows the standard three-part plan and Late Victorian 'resort' design used on the line. It also reflects the development of Pierre Lorillard's planned Tuxedo Park community, which it served as the main rail entrance for wealthy residents.","narrative":"Built in 1886 beside what is now Route 17 in Tuxedo, New York, this one-story stuccoed wood-frame building served as the railroad stop for Pierre Lorillard's planned resort community of Tuxedo Park. The Erie Lackawanna Railroad used a standard plan of waiting rooms, a station master's office and a baggage room set side by side. Late Victorian details give it a festive but domestic look: steep hipped roofs with red shingles, deep eaves on open brackets, a central tower with a flared pyramidal roof, and colored glass and beaded wainscoting inside. The architect is unknown, though local tradition credits Bruce Price, who designed many early Tuxedo Park buildings. Automobile travel reduced the station's use, and a 1951 derailment damaged the men's waiting room and destroyed the signal tower. The town bought the building in 1965 for a police station, a use that continued until 2000. Alterations were largely cosmetic and reversible, so much original character survives. The town planned to restore it as a visitor center and museum.","period_of_significance":"1886","architect_builder":"Architect unknown; local tradition attributes the design to Bruce Price. Built by the Erie Lackawanna Railroad.","architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as the Tuxedo police station from 1965 until 2000; the town was then restoring it for use as a visitor center/museum and other community uses.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.92031-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/00001529.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001529/61c99b4db7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/00001529/61c99b4db7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Jared Kofsky","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tuxedo_Park_Railroad_Station,_NY_17_Tuxedo.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Jared Kofsky</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tuxedo_Park_Railroad_Station,_NY_17_Tuxedo.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320772","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuxedo_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7857176"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/tuxedo-park-railroad-station-00001529/"}