{"nrhp_refnum":"80002739","name":"Erie Railroad Station","other_names":["Erie-Lackawanna Station-Port Jervis"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jersey Ave. and Fowler St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Port Jervis","county":"Orange County","state":"NY","lat":41.372208783000076,"lon":-74.69134141199999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1980-04-11","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, brick Queen Anne style railroad station with a two-story central section and pyramidal tower, at Jersey Avenue and Fowler Street in Port Jervis, Orange County, New York. It was built in 1892 by Grattan & Jennings of Buffalo.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the station is an intact, representative example of a Queen Anne railroad station and one of the most architecturally distinctive buildings in Port Jervis. It was also a focal point of local commerce and transportation from 1892 to 1974. It is the only substantial surviving structure from the town's transportation history.","narrative":"Built in 1892, the Erie Railroad Station in Port Jervis is a long brick railroad depot in the Queen Anne style, sitting at Jersey Avenue and Fowler Street beside the rail lines. It is a 14-bay, one-story building measuring 148 by 40 feet, with a two-story central section, a square pyramidal tower, slate roofing with terra-cotta crestings, and wide eaves carried on ornamented timber trusses. A porte-cochère allowed passengers to step from carriages under cover. Inside, a coffered wooden ceiling survives in the first-floor waiting room, and the second floor keeps its wood paneling. Grattan & Jennings of Buffalo built the station and reportedly constructed many stations for the Erie. Port Jervis grew from a canal town into a railroad town after the line arrived in 1848, with division headquarters and commuter service to the New York metropolitan area. Of the town's transportation facilities, only this station remains as a substantial structure. At the time of listing it was unoccupied and in fair condition.","period_of_significance":"1892-1974","architect_builder":"Grattan & Jennings","architectural_style":"Queen Anne","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as unoccupied and in fair condition; most windows boarded up. Interior and exterior largely original apart from a baggage room addition and one truck door.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:42.065901-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/80002739.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002739/75a84f9f12-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/80002739/75a84f9f12-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Beyond My Ken","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Erie_Depot_Port_Jervis_entrance.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Beyond My Ken</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:Erie_Depot_Port_Jervis_entrance.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320643","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Jervis_station_(Erie_Railroad)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7230724"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/orange-county/erie-railroad-station-80002739/"}