Highland Falls station
Highland Falls | |||||||||||
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West profile and south elevation, 2008 | |||||||||||
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| Location | End of Station Hill Road, Highland Falls, Orange County, New York | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||
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Highland Falls Railroad Depot | |||||||||||
| Location | Highland Falls, NY | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 41°22′27″N 73°57′39″W / 41.37417°N 73.96083°W | ||||||||||
| Area | 1.2 acres (4,900 m2) | ||||||||||
| Built | 1882 | ||||||||||
| Architect | West Shore Railroad | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Shingle Style | ||||||||||
| MPS | Hudson Highlands MRA (see Hudson Highlands MRA) | ||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 82001218 | ||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | November 23, 1982 | ||||||||||
Highland Falls Station in Highland Falls, New York, is a former West Shore Railroad train station built in the 1880s. It was later used by the New York Central Railroad. Since the mid-20th century it has been used as a residence; the tracks are still used as a CSX freight line.
It is, along with the Milton Railroad Station to the north in Ulster County, one of the few remaining original West Shore Railroad passenger stations. Its Shingle Style architecture is the most sophisticated example of that mode in the village. In 1982 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Highland Falls Railroad Depot.
It was a station for local passenger trains between Weehawken and Newburgh, and for limited trains between Weehawken and Albany. Sequentially, the station south of Highland Falls on the West Shore Railroad was Fort Montgomery. The next station, north-bound, was West Point station for the West Point Military Academy. These trains were discontinued in 1958.