Union Station (Lockport, New York)

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Lockport
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Lockport station in June 2009.
General information
Location95 Union Street, Lockport city, New York
Coordinates 43°10′26″N78°41′08″W / 43.173889°N 78.685556°W / 43.173889; -78.685556
Line(s)Falls Road
Tracks2
History
Closed1957
Rebuilt1889
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Sanborn Falls Road Gasport
toward Rochester
Union Station
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The side of the abandoned depot in June 2009
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Union Station (Lockport, New York)
Interactive map showing the location for Lockport Union Station
Location95 Union Ave., Lockport, New York
Coordinates 43°10′26″N78°41′8″W / 43.17389°N 78.68556°W / 43.17389; -78.68556 Coordinates: 43°10′26″N78°41′8″W / 43.17389°N 78.68556°W / 43.17389; -78.68556
Built1889
ArchitectHouston, W.E.; Bendinger & Young
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No. 77000966 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 02, 1977

Union Station is a historic train station located at Lockport in Niagara County, New York. It was constructed in 1889, for the New York Central Railroad in the Romanesque style. It was deactivated as a station in the 1940s and lay unused until 1967. It was renovated and reopened as a restaurant in 1971. The restaurant was gutted by fire in December 1974, rebuilt and again destroyed by fire in 1978. [2]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1]

The current owner of the building and property is Mark and Michelle Davidson. [3] He has plans for a full restoration pending state grants. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation . Retrieved 2016-03-01.Note: This includes James Goche and Lynn A. Beebe (July 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Union Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-03-01. and Accompanying two photographs
  3. PROHASKA, GENE WARNER AND THOMAS J. "Bid for Union Station grant rejected". Buffalo News. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  4. "State Grants Definition". Law Insider. Retrieved 2023-02-24.