Painted Post station explained

PAINTED POST
Style:Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Address:277 Steuben Street, Painted Post, New York 14870
Coordinates:42.1623°N -77.0909°W
Platform:2
Tracks:2
Other Services Header:Former services
Nrhp:
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Station
Location:Jct. of Steuben St. and Victory Hwy., Painted Post, New York
Built:1881
Architecture:Italianate, Gothic Revival
Added:November 21, 1991
Embed:yes
Refnum:91001674

Painted Post station is a historic railway station at Painted Post in Steuben County, New York. It was constructed in 1881–1882 as a passenger and freight depot for the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.[1] [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991 as the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station.

The depot is used as the Painted Post-Erwin Museum at the Depot, a museum of local history that is operated by the Corning-Painted Post Historical Society.

The Society also operates the Benjamin Patterson Inn, an early 19th-century period tavern in Corning, New York.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Station . September 1991. 2009-10-26 . Nancy L. Todd. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying seven photos.
  2. Web site: Painted Post - Erwin Museum at the Depot . https://web.archive.org/web/20150407005915/http://pattersoninnmuseum.org/museum_depot.php . 7 Apr 2015.