{"nrhp_refnum":"05000172","name":"Cochecton Railroad Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 97","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cochecton","county":"Sullivan County","state":"NY","lat":41.717829136000034,"lon":-75.04576208299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-03-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half-story Greek Revival frame railroad station in Cochecton, Sullivan County, New York, built about 1850 by the Erie Railroad as a freight station beside the tracks.","why_significant":"It is considered a rare, largely intact early railroad station and is believed to be one of the oldest railroad-related buildings in New York State. It reflects the first generation of railroad development in the Upper Delaware Valley and the railroad's effect on Cochecton's commercial growth. It qualifies under Criteria A and C.","narrative":"Built about 1850 by the Erie Railroad, this former station in Cochecton, Sullivan County, is a rectangular frame building roughly 50 by 30 feet under a simple gable roof. Its heavy timber frame, original clapboards, six-over-six windows and paneled doors survive, along with Greek Revival entablatures and gable returns. Inside, a finished waiting room and ticket office occupy the southern half, while the northern freight room has a raised floor and kingpost trusses that leave it free of columns. The station mattered because the railroad shifted Cochecton's commercial center away from the older turnpike settlement and brought summer tourists to local hotels and nearby lakes. As automobiles and Route 97 reduced rail traffic and passenger service ended in the 1960s, neighboring railroad buildings were demolished. By the mid-1980s only this station and the one at Callicoon remained. It is regarded as an extremely rare surviving railroad building in the Upper Delaware Valley and is now used for storage.","period_of_significance":"1850-1942","architect_builder":"Erie Railroad","architectural_style":"Mid-19th Century/Greek Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Sold by Conrail to Cochecton Mills, which uses it for storage; the business office window and interior furnishings have been removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:52.816442-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05000172.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000172/f231c9a257-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05000172/f231c9a257-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Adam Moss","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cochecton_Station_-_May_2015.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam Moss</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cochecton_Station_-_May_2015.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315052","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochecton_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5139289"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/sullivan-county/cochecton-railroad-station-05000172/"}