Chaumont station (New York)

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Chaumont
General information
LocationMain Street, Chaumont, Jefferson County, New York 13622
Line(s)Cape Vincent Branch
History
Closed1952
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Three-Mile Bay
toward Cape Vincent
Cape Vincent Branch Watertown
Terminus
Chaumont Railroad Station
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LocationMain Street,
Chaumont, New York
Coordinates 44°4′2″N76°7′45″W / 44.06722°N 76.12917°W / 44.06722; -76.12917
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1900
MPS Lyme MRA
NRHP reference No. 90001332 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 6, 1990

Chaumont station is a historic railway station located at Chaumont in Jefferson County, New York. It was built in about 1900 and is a one-story, one by six bay frame building on a low foundation of coursed limestone. It was built to serve the Cape Vincent Branch of the New York Central Railroad. It was last used as a railway station in 1952. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 as the Chaumont Railroad Station. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Tania Werbizky (May 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Chaumont Railroad Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2009-12-10.See also: "Accompanying three photos".