Union Station (Lockport, New York)

Lockport
Lockport
	Lockport station in June 2009.
General information
Location	95 Union Street, Lockport city, New York
Coordinates	43°10′26″N 78°41′08″W / 43.173889°N 78.685556°W
Line(s)	Falls Road
Tracks	2
History
Closed	1957
Rebuilt	1889
Former services
	Union Station
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The side of the abandoned depot in June 2009
	Interactive map showing the location for Lockport Union Station
Location	95 Union Ave., Lockport, New York
Coordinates	43°10′26″N 78°41′8″W / 43.17389°N 78.68556°W
Built	1889
Architect	Houston, W.E.; Bendinger & Young
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	77000966
Added to NRHP	December 02, 1977

Union Station is a historic train station located at Lockport in Niagara County, New York. It was constructed in 1889, for the New York Central Railroad (NYC) in the Romanesque style. The station served the NYC Falls Road line, an East-West corridor connecting Niagara Falls and Rochester, New York. The station was closed when passenger service on the line ended in 1957.^[2]

The building was unused until 1967. It was renovated and reopened as a restaurant in 1971. The restaurant was gutted by fire in December 1974, rebuilt and again destroyed by fire in 1978.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.^[1]

A private owner acquired the building in 2006 and has since spent approximately $250,000 on stabilization measures. The owner plans to retore the building as an operating train station by 2029.^[4]

The track along side the station remains in active freight service and is owned by the Falls Road Railroad.^[5] It briefly saw passenger excursion service when the short-lived Niagara & Western New York ran a heritage operation between Lockport and Medina in 2002. In 1994, during Conrail ownership, twelve miles (19 km) of track connecting Brockport to Rochester, New York was abandoned. Consequently the Falls Road route now terminates in Brockport, east of Owens Road at Mile Post 16.60.

Gallery[edit]

Union Station, Lockport, New York
New York Central Falls Road line (red) from Niagra Falls to Rochester c. 1900.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Linnabery, Ann Marie (6 January 2024). "NIAGARA DISCOVERIES: Union Station, Lockport, New York". Lockportjournal.com. Lockport, New York: Lockport Union-Sun & Journal. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-01. Note: This includes James Goche and Lynn A. Beebe (July 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Union Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying two photographs
^ Heid, Derek (22 January 2024). "'It needs to be brought back': Restoration set to begin on Lockport's Union Station". Buffalo, New York: wkbw ABC News 7. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
^ "Western New York - Niagara Falls to Greater Rochester". gvtrail.com. Genesee Valley Transportation Co. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

External links[edit]

Union Station - Lockport, NY - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NY-60, "New York Central Railroad, Lockport Passenger Station, Washburn & Union Streets, Lockport, Niagara County, NY", 2 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[2] Linnabery, Ann Marie (6 January 2024). "NIAGARA DISCOVERIES: Union Station, Lockport, New York". Lockportjournal.com. Lockport, New York: Lockport Union-Sun & Journal. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

[NysNrhpNom-3] "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2016-03-01. Note: This includes James Goche and Lynn A. Beebe (July 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Union Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying two photographs

[4] Heid, Derek (22 January 2024). "'It needs to be brought back': Restoration set to begin on Lockport's Union Station". Buffalo, New York: wkbw ABC News 7. Retrieved 7 June 2024.

[5] "Western New York - Niagara Falls to Greater Rochester". gvtrail.com. Genesee Valley Transportation Co. Retrieved 9 June 2024.

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