{"nrhp_refnum":"83003897","name":"Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"English St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Westfield","county":"Chautauqua County","state":"NY","lat":42.32820110400007,"lon":-79.58194535399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-12-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half-story brick, terra cotta and sandstone railroad passenger station on English Street in Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York, built in 1904 by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad.","why_significant":"The station is a distinctive example of a passenger station influenced by H.H. Richardson's Romanesque suburban stations of the 1880s, with a strong horizontal emphasis, broad bracketed eaves and varied rusticated masonry textures. It was also the principal transfer point for rail passengers bound for the Chautauqua Institution, linking the main east-west line with the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railroad.","narrative":"Built in 1904 by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, this railroad station on English Street in Westfield is a one-and-one-half-story building of brick, terra cotta and sandstone. A hipped slate roof with broad, bracketed eaves shelters all four sides, and dormers face northwest and southeast. The walls rest on a raised stone foundation, and smooth sandstone outlines the corners, windows and doors. Inside, an Italian mosaic floor and Norway pine wainscoting survive among the notable features. Stylistically, the station reflects the Romanesque suburban stations H.H. Richardson designed in the 1880s, seen in its horizontal emphasis, deep eaves and textured, earth-toned masonry. It also mattered to travel in the region: Westfield was the main transfer point for passengers heading to the Chautauqua Institution, connecting the east-west main line with the Jamestown, Chautauqua and Lake Erie Railroad. The railroad itself formed in 1869 through consolidation of four companies and later became part of Conrail.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect unknown; builder Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad","architectural_style":"Richardsonian Romanesque influence (Romanesque Revival)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as deteriorated; the inventory form lists present use as Conrail storage.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:41.634876-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/83003897.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003897/cdb033779c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003897/cdb033779c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"User:Magicpiano","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WestfieldNY_Depot.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">User:Magicpiano</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:WestfieldNY_Depot.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312252","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield_station_(Lake_Shore_and_Michigan_Southern_Railway)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14706758"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/chautauqua-county/lake-shore-and-michigan-southern-railroad-station-83003897/"}