{"nrhp_refnum":"03000094","name":"Sacandaga Railroad Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"136 McKinley Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Sacadaga Park","county":"Fulton County","state":"NY","lat":43.217052110000054,"lon":-74.18545245999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2003-03-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, wood-frame railroad station built in 1920 by the Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville Railroad at 136 McKinley Avenue in Sacandaga Park, Fulton County, New York. It is the second station on the site.","why_significant":"The station is significant under Criteria A and C as a substantially intact example of vernacular railroad architecture tied to rail transportation and tourism in the Adirondack foothills. It served the seasonal resort community of Sacandaga Park until rail service ended with the creation of the Great Sacandaga Lake in 1930. It is one of very few surviving non-residential buildings from the Sacandaga Park resort complex.","narrative":"Built in 1920, this long, one-story railroad depot in Sacandaga Park measures 125 by 30 feet. It has wood-shingled walls, a hipped roof with broad eaves and exposed rafters, and a concrete platform along its west side. It replaced an earlier station and served the Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville Railroad, which developed Sacandaga Park from a Methodist camp meeting ground into a busy summer resort. Thousands of seasonal visitors arrived here, and the park drew 99,000 visitors in the summer of 1908. Rail service ended after the Great Sacandaga Lake was created in 1930, flooding much of the park. The depot later housed small shops, an apartment and a horse stable, yet it keeps much of its original exterior and some narrow-beaded interior sheathing. After a 1975 hotel fire, it became one of the few non-residential buildings left from the resort's heyday.","period_of_significance":"1920-1930","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian/Shingle Style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use. The building was later used for shops, a small apartment and a horse stable, and retains substantial integrity despite those changes.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.150465-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/03000094.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000094/66418bd8a2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03000094/66418bd8a2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacandaga_Railroad_Station_from_south.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sacandaga_Railroad_Station_from_south.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317879","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacandaga_Railroad_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7396567"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/fulton-county/sacandaga-railroad-station-03000094/"}