Middletown station (New York, Ontario and Western Railway)
Middletown | |
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![]() Middletown station in December 2013. | |
General information | |
Location | 2 Low Avenue, Middletown, Orange County, New York 10940 |
History | |
Closed | March 29, 1957[1] |
Key dates | |
February 2, 2004 | Station depot caught fire[2] |
New York, Ontario & Western Railway Company Middletown Station | |
Location | 2 Low Ave., Middletown, New York |
Coordinates | 41°27′08″N 74°24′55″W / 41.45222°N 74.41528°W |
Area | 1.06 acres (0.43 ha) |
Built | 1892 | -1893, 1904, 1915, 1920
Architect | Gilbert, Bradford Lee; Canfield, David H. |
Architectural style | Richardsonian Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 14000129[3] |
Added to NRHP | April 7, 2014 |
New York, Ontario & Western Railway Company Middletown Station, also known as the O&W Station, is an historic train station located at Middletown in Orange County, New York. It was designed by Bradford Lee Gilbert and built in 1892-1893 by the New York, Ontario and Western Railway. It is a three-story Richardsonian Romanesque-style pressed brick and sandstone building. It measures approximately 237 feet (72 m) long and has towers at the north and south end. Additions and alterations were made to the original building in 1904 and 1920, designed by Middletown architect David H. Canfield. Also on the property is the contributing two-story records storage building, built in 1915. The station closed on September 10, 1953, on the cessation of O&W passenger service. [4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014,[3] three years after the city, which owned it at the time, sold it for $1 to the Middletown Community Health Center (MCHC), which intended to redevelop it for its uses. But financial problems with the MCHC prevented it from raising the estimated $20 million cost of the project, despite winning some state grants. Those issues led to MCHC being bought-out by another health care organization; in 2017, it began negotiating to return it to the city. While Mayor Joe DeStefano says the city is open to offers, it is likely that the building will be demolished.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "New York, Ontario and Western Railroad Dead at the Age of 80". The Plain Speaker. Hazleton, Pennsylvania. March 30, 1957. p. 1. Retrieved May 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hegedus, Nathan (February 3, 2004). "Fire Damages Historic Railroad Station". The Times Herald-Record. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/07/14 through 4/11/14. National Park Service. 2014-04-18.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2015-07-01. Retrieved 2016-02-01. Note: This includes Carolyn M. Coppola (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: New York, Ontario & Western Railway Company Middletown Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-02-01.
- ^ Axelrod, Daniel (October 27, 2017). "Health care deal may spell end for O&W station". Times-Herald Record. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in New York (state)
- Railway stations in Orange County, New York
- National Register of Historic Places in Orange County, New York
- 1893 establishments in New York (state)
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1893
- Former railway stations in New York (state)
- Former New York, Ontario and Western Railway stations
- Railway stations in the United States closed in 1957
- Hudson Valley, New York Registered Historic Place stubs