{"nrhp_refnum":"09000701","name":"New York Central Railroad Passenger and Freight Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"815 Erie Blvd. E. and 400 Burnet Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Syracuse","county":"Onondaga County","state":"NY","lat":43.053439602000026,"lon":-76.13933806199998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-09-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A railroad passenger station and freight station complex in downtown Syracuse, New York, at 815 Erie Boulevard East and 400 Burnet Avenue. The Art Deco passenger station was completed in 1936, and the freight buildings lie north of I-690.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is significant under Criterion A for its place in Syracuse's railroad history, and under Criterion C as an outstanding Art Deco train station. It stands as one of the last major railroad stations built in the United States. It also represents the largest railroad project of the 1930s outside New York City, the elevation of the tracks above city streets.","narrative":"Completed in 1936, this railroad complex in downtown Syracuse combines a four-story Art Deco passenger station with a group of freight buildings across the former track bed. The station has a steel frame, Indiana limestone on its central block, gray brick wings, and a polished granite belt course. The freight complex to the north includes a car facility and coal bunker, a mail and freight building, a Railway Express building and a 150-foot yellow brick coal stack, linked by a covered platform and by tunnels now sealed beneath I-690. The buildings were part of the elevation of the New York Central tracks, the largest railroad project of the decade outside New York City, which the community celebrated with a three-day jubilee. The station was built as the city's fourth New York Central depot, when about 100 trains passed through each day. It is recognized for its role in Syracuse's railroad history and as an outstanding Art Deco station. A 1996 fire and later renovations changed parts of the interior, but the exterior largely retains its original materials.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The passenger station is described as in excellent condition after 2001-2003 renovations and is used as a television station; the Section 6 current function also lists vacant.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:47.861885-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09000701.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000701/1a70b538af-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000701/1a70b538af-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 3.0","author":"Crazyale","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CNY_Railroad.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Crazyale</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CNY_Railroad.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320398","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse_station_(New_York_Central_Railroad)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7013109"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/onondaga-county/new-york-central-railroad-passenger-and-freight-station-09000701/"}