{"nrhp_refnum":"74001225","name":"Union Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 66 at intersection with NY 295","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chatham","county":"Columbia County","state":"NY","lat":42.361745805000055,"lon":-73.59761978699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1974-05-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story stone railroad station at the intersection of State Routes 66 and 295 near Chatham, Columbia County, New York, opened in 1887 for the Boston and Albany Railroad.","why_significant":"The station is held up as a fine example of Richardsonian design applied to a rural rail depot. It was designed by Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge, the firm formed by three of H. H. Richardson's followers after his death, and was one of the firm's early works. It represents the transition between Richardson's office and the firm's later independent development.","narrative":"Near Chatham in Columbia County, New York, a low stone railroad station sits where State Routes 66 and 295 meet. Opened in 1887 for the Boston and Albany Railroad, it is a one-story rectangle with thick stone walls and a massive slate roof. A bellcast hip roof overhangs all sides on bracketed wooden posts and extends along the tracks to form a covered waiting platform. Four dormers, a brick chimney, dark stone lintels and quoins, and a five-bay operator's window on the trackside facade complete the exterior. Inside, the building was originally divided into separate men's and women's waiting rooms. The station was designed by Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge, the firm formed by three of H. H. Richardson's followers after his death in 1886. It echoes Richardson's depots at Auburndale and Holyoke, Massachusetts, and reflects his view that a station should read as a shelter dominated by its roof. It marks the shift from Richardson's practice to the new firm's own work. When described, it was still railroad-used but faced abandonment.","period_of_significance":"19th Century (specific date 1887)","architect_builder":"Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge","architectural_style":"Richardsonian","criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as still used by the railroad, but facing abandonment and in need of preservation work; condition marked good and unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:40.117814-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/74001225.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001225/7a7490dc72-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/74001225/7a7490dc72-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_Station_Chatham,_New_York_Apr_09.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr</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:Union_Station_Chatham,_New_York_Apr_09.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75317099","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_(Chatham,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7886065"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/columbia-county/union-station-74001225/"}