Railroad Terminal Historic District (Binghamton, New York)

Railroad Terminal Historic District is a national historic district in Binghamton in Broome County, New York. The district includes 19 contributing buildings. Four of the buildings were directly related to Binghamton's rail passenger and freight operations, including the passenger station. Five buildings were built as warehouses, and ten were built to house retail activities with residential or office uses on the upper floors. The buildings were built between 1876 and 1910, with a major addition to one of them completed in 1932. This Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad passenger station, with its Italian Renaissance campanile, was built in 1901.^[2][3] For most years of passenger service to Binghamton, Delaware and Hudson Railway and Erie Railroad trains used a different station 150 yards away.^[4]

Binghamton
The DL&W station on October 27, 2009
General information
Location	45 Lewis Street, Binghamton, New York 13901
Tracks	2
History
Opened	1901
Closed	January 6, 1970
Former services
Preceding station Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Following station Painted Post toward Buffalo Main Line Scranton toward Hoboken Johnson City toward Buffalo Conklin Centre toward Hoboken Chenango Bridge toward Utica Utica Branch Terminus Chenango Bridge toward Oswego Oswego Branch
Railroad Terminal Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad passenger station, April, 2009
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Location	Intersection of Chenango St. and Erie-Lackawanna RR tracks, Binghamton, New York
Coordinates	42°6′15″N 75°54′29″W
Area	18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built	1901
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Renaissance, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	86000488[1]
Added to NRHP	March 20, 1986

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[1]

Destinations when the station was in use

Erie Lackawanna Railroad Company Main Line 1961 Timetable documenting famous trains such as Phoebe Snow, Lake Cities, and Erie Lackawanna Limited making stops at Binghamton Station

From this location there were Lackawanna trains such as the Phoebe Snow and the overnight Owl to Buffalo, New York to the west and Hoboken to the east. The Interstate Express served Syracuse to the north and Allentown and Philadelphia to the south. Other Lackawanna trains also served Syracuse and Utica, New York to the north and Scranton, the Poconos and northern New Jersey to the south.^[5]

Erie Railroad trains joined the DL&W trains at the station in 1958.^[6] Trains such as the Lake Cities, the Erie Limited and the Atlantic Express/Pacific Express served Chicago to the west and Hoboken to the east. (Erie trains that year also stopped using the company's Pavonia Terminal in Jersey City.)^[7] The last long distance train was on January 6, 1970 when the Lake Cities stopped running.^[8]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Mark L. Peckham (January 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Railroad Terminal Historic District". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved November 10, 2009. See also: "Accompanying 19 photos".
3. Gilbert, Bradford Lee (1895). Sketch Portfolio of Railroad Stations and Kindred Structures: From Original Designs & Supplement. The Railroad Gazette. Retrieved February 14, 2022.via Google Books
4. "Index of Stations, 1276". Official Guide of the Railways. 82 (8). National Railway Publication Company. January 1950.
5. Delaware, Lackawanmna and Western Railroad timetable, April 25, 1954, Tables 1, 2, 4
6. "Index of Stations, 1194". Official Guide of the Railways. 91 (3). National Railway Publication Company. August 1958.
7. "Erie Railroad, Tables 1, 2, 3, 8, 9". Official Guide of the Railways. 82 (8). National Railway Publication Company. August 1958.
8. Sanders, Craig (2003). 'Limiteds, Locals, and Expresses in Indiana, 1838–1971.' Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34216-4, 145-49

External links

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. NY-5567, "Delaware, Lackawana, & Western Railroad Station, Lewis & Chenango Streets, Binghamton, Broome, NY", 7 photos, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NY-30, "Erie Railway, Binghamton Station, Lewis & Chenango Streets, Binghamton, Broome, NY", 3 photos, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page
• HAER No. NY-31, "Erie Railway, Binghamton Freight Station, Lewis & Chenango Streets, Binghamton, Broome, NY", 3 photos, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page