{"nrhp_refnum":"93001451","name":"New York Central Railroad Adirondack Division Historic District","other_names":[],"category":"district","location":{"address":"NYCRR Right-of-Way","address_restricted":false,"city":"Remson","county":"Oneida County","state":"NY","lat":43.70535672600005,"lon":-74.80975798492918,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1993-12-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 118-mile single-track railroad right-of-way running from just north of Remsen to Lake Placid through six New York counties in the Adirondacks, with 41 contributing buildings and structures. The original line was built in 1891-92 and later became part of the New York Central system.","why_significant":"The line opened the Adirondack wilderness to passenger and freight traffic and gave the only direct rail link between central New York and Canada. It carried visitors to the region's Great Camps and inns and supported the 1932 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid. Its stations, maintenance buildings and metal bridges also show railway engineering practice as wood and stone gave way to concrete and steel.","narrative":"This 118-mile railroad corridor runs from just north of Remsen to Lake Placid, crossing Oneida, Herkimer, Hamilton, St. Lawrence, Franklin and Essex Counties. Built in 1891-92 under William Seward Webb and designed by chief engineer W. N. Roberts, it was completed in about 18 months across difficult terrain. The district includes 23 buildings and 18 structures: wood and stone stations, freight houses, bunkhouses, section foremen's dwellings, a company store and 17 metal bridges on granite or concrete abutments, mostly replaced in 1912-13. The line brought wealthy travelers to the region's private estates and inns, provided the only direct rail link between central New York and Canada, and carried athletes, spectators and boxcars of snow for the 1932 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid. Traffic declined after about 1940. The right-of-way is now vacant and mostly state-owned, and its surviving track, bridges and buildings retain a high degree of integrity.","period_of_significance":"1891-ca. 1940","architect_builder":"Designed by chief engineer W. N. Roberts, assisted by Herschell Roberts; built by William Seward Webb, the railroad's builder and principal financier; bridges include work by Elmira Bridge Co.","architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use; the form refers to the right-of-way as abandoned. Some buildings are noted as deteriorated.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:51.388952-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/93001451.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001451/051d10c401-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/93001451/051d10c401-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Doug Kerr from Upstate New York","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Remsen_NY_Depot_Jul_10.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Kerr from Upstate New York</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Remsen_NY_Depot_Jul_10.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75320239","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Central_Railroad_Adirondack_Division_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14707072"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/oneida-county/new-york-central-railroad-adirondack-division-historic-district-93001451/"}