Built 1936 Opened 1936 Architectural style Art Deco | NRHP Reference # 09000701 Area 2 ha Added to NRHP 11 September 2009 | |
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Location 815 Erie Boulevard East and 400 Burnet Avenue, Syracuse, New York Similar William F Walsh Regional, Milton J Rubenstein Museum, Cathedral of the Immacula, Burnet Park, Oakwood Cemetery | ||
New York Central Railroad Passenger Station is a former railroad station in Syracuse, New York. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 11, 2009. The former station currently is the home to Spectrum's Central New York operations.
History
The passenger station, the third of ultimately four stations built by the New York Central Railroad to serve Syracuse was built in 1936 when the railroad tracks that previously went through the city of Syracuse via Washington Street at grade with pedestrians and automobiles were elevated above city streets, is of Art Deco design. Both the station and the new elevated route opened for business on September 24, 1936.
In 1962, after the purchase of the rail right of way near the station by New York State for the construction of Interstate 690 facilitating a new route for passenger trains through Syracuse New York Central Railroad moved to a smaller station in East Syracuse, New York. The construction of the highway immediately behind the former station led to the demolition of all its train platforms with the exception of the one connected to the building and the one farthest from the building. The interior of the terminal was used as a Midtown Motors car dealership in the late 1950s to early 1960s. Greyhound used it a bus terminal from 1964 until a fire in 1996.
The passenger building was renovated from 2001 to 2003 by Time Warner Cable both to serve as their main office for their central New York operations, and as the Syracuse bureau/studios for Spectrum News Central New York, a role it continues to currently serve. In 2016, New York State announced plans to restore one of the remaining station platforms visible by drivers on Interstate 690. The platform located across the highway from the station.