{"nrhp_refnum":"09000837","name":"New Rochelle Railroad Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Between N. Ave. and Memorial Hwy.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New Rochelle","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":40.91152699500003,"lon":-73.78423138099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2009-10-14","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 brick railroad station building on the northern edge of New Rochelle's central business district in Westchester County, New York, built in 1887 by George O. Hawes for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad.","why_significant":"The station is cited as a distinctive example of late 19th century railroad architecture in Westchester County. It also illustrates the railroad's role in turning New Rochelle into a commuter suburb of New York City.","narrative":"Built in 1887 by George O. Hawes, this brick railroad station sits on the northern edge of downtown New Rochelle, New York. It replaced an earlier Gothic Revival station, using plans drawn up in 1884 by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad. The building has load-bearing brick walls, a gable roof with deep overhangs and wood brackets, hexagonal dormers, and a pent roof encircling the structure to shelter passengers and freight. Its design is typical of late 19th century station architecture, though it differs from other stations built nearby on the same line. The station reflects how rail service shaped New Rochelle, which grew into a commuter suburb of New York City, and it influenced the layout of the nearby Rochelle Park-Rochelle Heights subdivision. Major work took place around 1931, and a fire in 1988 damaged the upper floor. A restoration reopened the station in 1991, and it remains in daily use beside a modern transportation center.","period_of_significance":"1887-c. 1931","architect_builder":"Hawes, George O. (builder; the architect is not known)","architectural_style":"Late Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Still in use as a railroad station, heavily used by commuters and Amtrak travelers; restored and reopened in 1991.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:48.487192-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/09000837.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000837/887357a411-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/09000837/887357a411-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"DanTD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_M8s_at_New_Rochelle_Metro-North_Station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">DanTD</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:Two_M8s_at_New_Rochelle_Metro-North_Station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75323123","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Rochelle_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7011306"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/new-rochelle-railroad-station-09000837/"}