{"nrhp_refnum":"05001390","name":"Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"South Park Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Leicester","county":"Livingston County","state":"NY","lat":42.77157315100004,"lon":-77.89736907799994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-12-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick railroad station on South Park Drive in the village of Leicester, Livingston County, New York, built in 1915 for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. F.A. Reynolds is named as builder.","why_significant":"The station is considered architecturally significant as a well-preserved example of Arts & Crafts railroad design from the early twentieth century. It reflects the modernization program of the railroad under president William Truesdale, including its extensive use of reinforced concrete. It is also one of at least three stations of this particular design.","narrative":"Built in 1915 on a triangular lot at the edge of Leicester's village square, this one-story brick railroad station served the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. It has a hipped roof with broad overhanging eaves, Flemish-bond brickwork, and cast concrete trim with exposed aggregate. Inside are a waiting room with oak beadboard and a tinted concrete floor, a station master's office that still holds switch control levers, and a freight room with its original scale. The station replaced an earlier house dating from about 1815 that had served as the depot. It was part of a company-wide program under president William Truesdale to replace old frame depots with modern brick and concrete buildings. Similar stations stand at Minetto, Greene and Oxford, each with varied decoration. The building is valued as a well-preserved Arts & Crafts design and a reminder of a major regional railroad. Full-time agent service ended in 1932, passenger service ceased in the 1950s, and the building was sold in 1960.","period_of_significance":"1915-1955","architect_builder":"Builder: F.A. Reynolds","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Movements: Arts & Crafts","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Passenger service ended in the 1950s and the building was sold in 1960; the form lists a current commerce/trade (business) function. Concrete platform, floors and sidewalks survive in excellent condition.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:54.014621-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/05001390.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001390/bbf226f0b7-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001390/bbf226f0b7-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Adam Moss","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leicester_Station_-_January_2016.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:Leicester_Station_-_January_2016.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318633","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester_station_(New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5253202"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/livingston-county/delaware-lackawanna-and-western-railroad-station-05001390/"}