{"nrhp_refnum":"96000861","name":"Ulster and Delaware Railroad Station","other_names":["Haines Falls Railroad Station"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"NY 23A, Hamlet of Haines Falls","address_restricted":false,"city":"Hunter","county":"Greene County","state":"NY","lat":42.19593569800003,"lon":-74.09098604799993,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-08-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Entertainment/Recreation","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, wood-frame railroad passenger station on NYS Route 23A in Haines Falls, in the town of Hunter, Greene County, New York, built in 1913-1914 by the Ulster & Delaware Railroad. The nominated parcel also includes the abandoned track bed to the north.","why_significant":"The station is a well-preserved early twentieth century example of a standard resort-community rail station, with its waiting room, station master's office and baggage room arranged side by side. It is also tied to the growth of the Catskill Mountain tourism industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It keeps a high degree of original fabric despite its 1940s conversion to a house.","narrative":"This wooden railroad station in Haines Falls, in the Catskill Mountains of Greene County, was built in 1913-1914 by the Ulster & Delaware Railroad to replace an earlier depot in the hamlet center. It sits on a low concrete foundation under a hipped roof with wide eaves, open brackets and covered waiting areas at each end. Inside, a ticket office, passenger room with stone fireplace and baggage room follow the standard plan used for resort-town stations of the period. The design blends Shingle Style, Colonial Revival and Bungalow details meant to feel festive yet comfortable. The station mattered as part of the railroad's effort to bring tourists and health seekers to the mountain resorts. After the line closed around 1940, it became a summer house, but the original plan, ticket window, station master's bay window and built-in furnishings survive. The abandoned track bed to the north is counted as a contributing site. It now serves as a museum.","period_of_significance":"1913 - ca.1933","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Other; the design mixes Shingle Style, Colonial Revival and Bungalow elements associated with resort architecture","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Converted to a summer residence in the 1940s; now a museum owned by a historical society. The track bed is abandoned, and the tracks were removed in the 1940s.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:50.537652-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/96000861.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000861/fee2247edc-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000861/fee2247edc-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Unknown authorUnknown author","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haines_corners_station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Unknown authorUnknown author</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haines_corners_station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75318067","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haines_Falls_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5639418"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/greene-county/ulster-and-delaware-railroad-station-96000861/"}