High St., Phoenicia, New York. County/parish: Ulster.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 20, 1995. NRIS 95000474.
1 contributing building. 1 contributing structure.
Phoenicia is a defunct commuter railroad station in the eponymous hamlet of Phoenicia, located in the town of Shandaken, Ulster County, New York. Located on Lower High Street, the station serviced trains of New York Central Railroad's Catskill Mountain and Kaaterskill Branches. Trains on the Catskill Mountain Branch went between Oneonta in Otsego County and Kingston Point. Phoenicia marked the beginning of the Kaaterskill Branch, which would take train riders to the namesake Kaaterskill station. The station consisted of a single side platform but with two through tracks and a yard track, along with a wooden frame station depot which remains standing.
Service through Phoenicia began on May 23, 1870 with the opening of the Rondout and Oswego Railroad to Phoenicia. Service on the Kaaterskill Branch began on June 25, 1883. The current station depot at Phoenicia opened in 1899. The last train to Kaaterskill ran on January 22, 1940 and passenger service at Phoenicia ended entirely on March 31, 1954. Phoenicia station became home of the Empire State Railway Museum in 1983 and was placed on National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1995 as Phoenicia Railroad Station.
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