Holland Patent Railroad Station
Why it's listed
Holland Patent Railroad Station is a small wood-frame depot on Park Avenue in Holland Patent, Oneida County, beside the former Utica & Black River Railroad line. Its core was built in the late 1880s and lengthened in stages after 1891, when the New York Central acquired the line. The board-and-batten building has a broad metal-covered gable roof with Eastlake-inspired brackets and a passenger waiting room, a stationmaster's office with a bay window overlooking the tracks, and a baggage room with sliding freight doors. Railroad service reached the village in 1855 and brought summer boarders, hotels and shipment of dairy products to Utica and eastern cities. Passenger service ended in 1960. The station later served as a convenience store and laundry, and its interior retains considerable integrity. It is valued as a well-preserved example of rural railroad architecture and as a reminder of the area's transportation history. The community now hopes to restore it for passenger and government use.
Significance in brief: The station is significant for its association with rail transportation in northern New York in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It also stands as a substantially intact, representative example of small railroad station architecture. It served the Utica & Black River Railroad and later the New York Central until passenger service ended in 1960.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 00000089, listed February 25, 2000. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | Park Ave., Holland Patent |
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| County | Oneida County |
| Listed | February 25, 2000 |
| Reference number | 00000089 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | ca. 1855-1960 (amended by the Keeper to c.1890-1960) |
| Architectural style | No style |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Transportation, Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Converted to a convenience store and laundry in the early 1980s; the form describes it as vacant, with local plans to rehabilitate it as a passenger station and local government offices. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 43.24013, -75.25431 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For an income-producing building, listing (individually or as a contributing building in a district) is the gateway to the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit on qualified rehabilitation costs, often stackable with state credits. Work claiming the credit must follow the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and be approved in advance.
Listing does not restrict a private owner acting without federal money or permits; where federal funding or licensing is involved, Section 106 review applies.
Noted as vacant in the nomination. Nomination documents can be decades old; current status may differ. If you are considering buying an empty listed property, read the due-diligence checklist.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 00000089.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q5881052
- This listing as JSON
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