Piermont station

Piermont
The former station depot at Piermont as seen in 2009, with the tracks for the Northern Branch removed.
General information
Location	50 Ash Street, Piermont, New York 10968
Coordinates	41.04152°N 73.91837°W / 41.04152; -73.91837
Owned by	Village of Piermont
Line(s)	Northern Branch
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	removed
Other information
Station code	2007 (Erie Railroad)[1]
History
Opened	May 21, 1870[2]
Closed	December 14, 1965[3]
Rebuilt	2008 (restored)
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station Grand View toward Nyack Northern Branch Sparkill toward Jersey City
Piermont Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	50 Ash St., Piermont, New York
Coordinates	41°2′38″N 73°55′9″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1883
Architectural style	Stick/eastlake
NRHP reference No.	08001146[4]
Added to NRHP	December 3, 2008

Piermont Railroad Station is a historic train station located at Piermont in Rockland County, New York. It was built about 1873 by the Northern Railroad of New Jersey, later acquired by the Erie Railroad. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, light frame building above a stone foundation. It features Stick Style exterior siding and a Late Victorian interior.^[5]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008.^[6]

The station is owned by the Village of Piermont. It is maintained by the Piermont Historical Society which has raised funds for and completed a structural and exterior restoration. The restoration included replacing the missing cupola and roof support timbers. Exterior paint colors were selected based on a period newspaper article describing the then new station. Interior renovations are underway. The station is open to the public on selected dates.^{[citation needed]}

An earlier station at Piermont, no longer in existence, was located on the Piermont Branch, which was originally the main line of the New York and Erie Railroad opened in 1841. It was located on the east side of Piermont Avenue about 200 feet (61 m) north of Paradise Avenue.^{[7][page needed]} As early as 1868 it had only one passenger train a day in each direction.

The opening of Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey, constructed from 1886 to 1889, diverted most of the Erie Railroad traffic southward. By 1892 the Piermont station was for freight only. The 1916 station list does not show it at all.^{[8][page needed]}

Passenger service ended on December 14, 1965 when the Erie Lackawanna Railroad truncated service from Nyack to Sparkill.^[3] The railway's right-of-way has been converted into the Old Erie Path multi-use rail trail.^[9]

References

1. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
2. "Railway Extension". The New York Times. May 22, 1870. p. 6. Retrieved November 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "End of the Line for Nyack's Commuters". The Journal-News. White Plains, New York. December 15, 1965. p. 1. Retrieved November 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
5. Krattinger, William E. (May 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Piermont Railroad Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 28, 2010. See also: "Accompanying five photos".
6. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
7. Beers, F. W. (1891). Atlas of the Hudson River Valley. New York: Watson and Co.
8. Travelers Official Railway Guide. June 1868. Travelers Official Guide of the Railway and Steam Navigation Lines. June 1893.
9. Old Erie Path

External links

• Piermont Historical Society