Highland Falls Railroad Depot
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Highland Falls Railroad Depot
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West profile and south elevation, 2008
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| Location | Highland Falls, NY |
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| Coordinates | 41°22′27″N 73°57′39″W / 41.37417°N 73.96083°WCoordinates: 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 # | 82001218 |
| Added to NRHP | November 23, 1982 |
The Highland Falls Railroad Depot 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 freight line.
It is, along with the Milton 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.
The station building is located west of the tracks, currently used by CSX's Hudson River Subdivision, at the foot of Station Hill Road where it descends from downtown Highland Falls to the river. It is on a 1.2-acre (4,900 m2) sliver-shaped lot with no other development nearby and high stony bluffs to the west. To the east are the docks of a marina run from the property.
The building itself is a two-story frame building sided in two types of shingles on the second story and clapboard below, with wooden courses dividing the different sidings and then running at water table level on the first story. The pyramidal roof is pierced by a central brick chimney and three gabled dormer windows. Their ridges, as well as the roof, have decorative crockets.
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