{"nrhp_refnum":"79003210","name":"Chappaqua Railroad Depot and Depot Plaza","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"200 South Greeley Ave","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chappaqua","county":"Westchester County","state":"NY","lat":41.157937771000036,"lon":-73.77484024899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-04-19","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A railroad depot and adjoining public park (Depot Plaza) in Chappaqua, Town of New Castle, Westchester County, New York. The fieldstone station was built in 1901-1902 on land given by Horace Greeley's daughter.","why_significant":"The depot and plaza are presented as a vital part of the Greeley heritage in Chappaqua. The land was a gift from Gabrielle Greeley Clendenin, who required that the plaza remain a public park. The gift shaped the growth of the town's business district around this area and left a green open space in the downtown.","narrative":"Chappaqua's railroad depot and the park beside it were built in 1901-1902 on part of the former Greeley farm. By 1902 the town had outgrown its first depot, just north of King Street, and Horace Greeley's daughter, Gabrielle Greeley Clendenin, offered land for a new station site, a plaza park and an entrance road. The station was built of grey fieldstone with a tile roof and a porte-cochere, and its stonework was later echoed by the Church of Saint Mary the Virgin and the Bell School. The gift drew the town's business district toward this area, where shops and public buildings now line South Greeley Avenue. Because she specified that the plaza stay a public park, a stretch of green open space remains in the middle of downtown. The plaza holds a memorial to the town's war dead, and a statue of Greeley erected in 1914 stands across from the station. The depot is still in railroad use.","period_of_significance":"1901-1902","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a railroad depot; condition listed as good, and the depot is open during train hours. The form notes no known threats.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.78486-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/79003210.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003210/cce6d15db0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003210/cce6d15db0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Daniel Case","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chappaqua,_NY,_train_station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Daniel Case</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chappaqua,_NY,_train_station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75315501","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaqua_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5073357"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/westchester-county/chappaqua-railroad-depot-and-depot-plaza-79003210/"}