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South Gilboa Railroad Station

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Built
  
1905 (1905)

Opened
  
1905

Architectural style
  
Stick style

NRHP Reference #
  
00000090

Area
  
1 ha

Added to NRHP
  
25 February 2000

South Gilboa Railroad Station

Location
  
Bailey Spur Rd., South Gilboa, New York

Similar
  
Delaware and Ulster Railroad, Schoharie Creek, Barclays Center, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Hotel Pennsylvania

The original South Gilboa Station, MP 70.4, was a spartan station with a long platform on the end for ice from Mayhem's Pond, which the station was on the shores of, to be loaded onto. The ice would then be shipped to the ice houses in Kingston, New York. However, this building was torn down by the Ulster and Delaware Railroad, and replaced with a new one in the early 1900s.

The new South Gilboa Station, MP 70.6, was one of the U&D's new pre-fabricated stations that were set up in the early 1900s. It was about a quarter of a mile east of the original station, and was a good freight stop, with many farms around for vegetables, fruit, dairy, etc. to be loaded onto for shipment.

This station was abandoned in 1954, with the end of passenger service on the U&D, and was left to deteriorate. However, this station is planned to be restored by the Town of Gilboa Historical Society. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

References

South Gilboa Railroad Station Wikipedia


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