Mayville station is a historic train station located at Mayville in Chautauqua County, New York. It was constructed in 1925, for the Pennsylvania Railroad and is a 1+1⁄2-story, brick structure with an overhanging hipped roof. The building measures 117 by 29 feet (35.7 by 8.8 m). The station had were Pennsylvania Railroad trains on a route north to Dunkirk and then to Buffalo. To the south, the routed went to Corry and Oil City and then to Pittsburgh.[2] From the station, travelers to resorts along Chautauqua Lake made connections to interurbans and large fleets of steamboats.[3] The Chautauqua Traction Company served the communities on the western side of the lake; and the Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad served the eastern side of the lake.
Mayville | |||||||||||
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![]() Mayville station in July 2012 | |||||||||||
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Location | Water Street, Mayville, Chautauqua County, New York 14747 | ||||||||||
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Closed | 1950 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1925 | ||||||||||
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Pennsylvania Railroad Station | |||||||||||
Location | Water Street, Mayville, New York | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 42°14′43″N 79°29′43″W / 42.24528°N 79.49528°W | ||||||||||
Built | 1925 | ||||||||||
Architect | Cookman, William H.; Peck, Lyman S. | ||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 93000680[1] | ||||||||||
Added to NRHP | August 06, 1993 |
By August, 1949, the Pennsylvania Railroad had abandoned its service on the route north of Corry, thus isolating the station.[4] It was abandoned by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1950. The property was purchased by the Village of Mayville in 1968.[5]
From June 1995 until the fall of 2000 the building served as a local access cable television studio.[6] The Chautauqua Town Historical Society now operates part of the station as the Mayville Depot Museum, which features exhibits of local history, railroad artifacts, Chautauqua Lake, ice harvesting, furniture manufacturing and steamboats.[7]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 as the Pennsylvania Railroad Station.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Pennsylvania Railroad, Table 160". Official Guide of the Railways. 78 (12). National Railway Publication Company. May 1946.
- ^ "The Jamestown Street Railway Trolley Car #93 Restoration Project".
- ^ "Pennsylvania Railroad, Table 160". Official Guide of the Railways. 82 (3). National Railway Publication Company. August 1949.
- ^ Claire L. Ross (April 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania Railroad Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying one photo".
- ^ "About Access Channel 5". Access Channel 5, Mayville, NY. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ "Chautauqua Township Historical Society". Chautauqua County Tourism. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
External links
edit- Mayville Depot Museum and Chautauqua Township Historical Society Museum
- Mayville Train Station - Mayville, NY - Train Stations/Depots on Waymarking.com