{"nrhp_refnum":"90001332","name":"Chaumont Railroad Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chaumont","county":"Jefferson County","state":"NY","lat":44.06725160700006,"lon":-76.12893844999996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1990-09-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, wood-frame railroad passenger station on Main Street (State Route 12E) in the village of Chaumont, town of Lyme, Jefferson County, New York, built around 1900 by the New York Central Railroad.","why_significant":"The station is considered architecturally significant as a well-preserved turn-of-the-century railroad passenger station in a small lakeshore resort community. It was built as part of a New York Central campaign to promote its Lake Ontario resort circuit, using a standard three-part plan and a resort-style design vocabulary. Its details also link it to other seasonal architecture in early twentieth century Lyme.","narrative":"Built around 1900 by the New York Central Railroad, this one-story wood-frame station on Main Street in Chaumont served the Cape Vincent branch of the Rome & Watertown line. It has a hipped roof with wide eaves on open brackets, clapboard walls divided by horizontal strips, and nine-over-nine windows. Inside, a waiting room, stationmaster's office with a bay window facing the tracks, and a baggage room follow a standard plan used for new stations around Lake Ontario. The railroad built them after leasing the line in 1891 to promote a resort circuit linking the Thousand Islands with Niagara Falls. Their mix of Shingle style, Colonial Revival and Bungalow details was meant to feel festive yet comfortable, and echoes the Taylor Boathouse in Lyme. Passenger service declined after World War II, and the tracks were removed in 1952. The building has since been used for storage but remains largely intact, apart from its lost covered platform.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown (New York Central)","architectural_style":"Amalgam of Shingle style, Colonial Revival, and Bungalow design elements","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used for storage since the Cape Vincent branch tracks were removed in 1952; condition fair, with some deterioration, many windows boarded with plywood, and the covered platform removed, but largely intact.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:45.23549-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/90001332.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313192","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaumont_station_(New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5088191"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/jefferson-county/chaumont-railroad-station-90001332/"}