{"nrhp_refnum":"75001215","name":"Union Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St. between John and 1st Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Utica","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":43.10422184500004,"lon":-75.22339297899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-04-28","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Union Station is a three-story railroad station on Main Street between John and First Streets in downtown Utica, Oneida County, New York. It opened on May 24, 1914, and was designed by the New York firm Stem and Fellheimer.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as a notable civic building in the Beaux Arts tradition, with a grand waiting room and marble columns. It also reflects Utica's long role as a transportation center. The architects' predecessor firm, Reed and Stem, designed Grand Central Station in New York City.","narrative":"Union Station is a monumental three-story railroad station in downtown Utica, on the flats south of the Mohawk River. It opened on May 24, 1914, at a cost of about $1,000,000, and was designed by Stem and Fellheimer of New York City, successors to Reed and Stem, designers of Grand Central Station. The walls are granite on the first story and grey brick above, with limestone details, pilasters and a prominent cornice. The central five bays are more elaborate, with paired columns, pediments, balconies, eagles and a clock. Inside, the waiting room has a coffered barrel vault thirty-five feet high, supported by columns faced with Botticino marble. Utica had been a transportation hub since before 1800, and officials expected the station to serve a divisional headquarters of the New York Central, a plan that was abandoned. The building is valued as a Beaux Arts civic landmark, and local interest in preserving it remains strong.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Stem and Fellheimer of New York City","architectural_style":"Beaux Arts / Classicism","criteria":[],"status_note":"Amtrak uses the building as a passenger depot and the restaurant is in operation; the grandeur is described as faded through neglect.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.557964-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/75001215.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001215/6e5589d543-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/75001215/6e5589d543-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Kenneth C. Zirkel","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Utica_Union_Station,_New_York.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenneth C. Zirkel</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:Utica_Union_Station,_New_York.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100001362","name":"Bagg's Square East Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/baggs-square-east-historic-district-100001362/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320261","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_(Utica,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3095861"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/union-station-75001215/"}