Erie Railroad Depot (Rochester, New York)

Rochester
Erie Railroad Depot, 1908
General information
Locationbetween the Genesee River and Exchange Street on the south side of Court St., Rochester, New York
U.S.
Coordinates43°09′11″N 77°36′37″W / 43.1530°N 77.6102°W / 43.1530; -77.6102
Line(s)Erie Railroad
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
Station code3985[1]
History
OpenedMay 14, 1887[2]
ClosedSeptember 30, 1941 (demolished in 1942)[3]
Electrified1907[4]
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Terminus Rochester Branch South Park
toward Avon

Erie Railroad Depot, Erie Railroad Station or Erie Depot was the terminal station for the Erie Railroad in Rochester, New York, designed by George E. Archer, the railroad's architect.[5][6]

  1. ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "Waitin' at the 'Deepo' Popular Sport in Grandma's Time". Democrat and Chronicle. January 30, 1949. p. 31. Retrieved September 8, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Erie Station, Symbol of Railroads' Lush Days, Being Razed". Democrat and Chronicle. June 9, 1942. p. 11. Retrieved September 8, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ "Rochester-Mount Morris Electrification".
  5. ^ Berg, Walter G. (1893), "Passenger Depot at Rochester, NY New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad", Buildings and Structures of American Railroads, John Wiley and Sons, pp. 389–390, retrieved May 23, 2015
  6. ^ "Erie's Rochester Branch" (PDF). The Semiphore. 52 (7). April 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2013.