Railroad Terminal Historic District (Binghamton, New York)
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Railroad Terminal Historic District
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Railroad Terminal Historic District, Binghamton NY, October 2009
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| Location | Intersection of Chenango St. and Erie-Lackawanna RR tracks, Binghamton, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°6′15″N 75°54′29″W / 42.10417°N 75.90806°WCoordinates: 42°6′15″N 75°54′29″W / 42.10417°N 75.90806°W |
| Area | 18 acres (7.3 ha) |
| Built | 1901 |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Renaissance, Romanesque |
| NRHP reference # | 86000488 |
| Added to NRHP | March 20, 1986 |
Railroad Terminal Historic District is a national historic district located at Binghamton in Broome County, New York. The district includes 19 contributing buildings. Four of the buildings were directly related with Binghamton's rail passenger and freight operations, including the passenger station. Five buildings were built as warehouses and ten were built to house retail activities with residential or office uses on the upper floors. The buildings were built between 1876 and 1910, with a major addition to one of them completed in 1932. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad passenger station, with its Italian Renaissance campanile was built in 1901.Erie Railroad trians also used the station.
From this location there were Lackawanna trains such as the Phobe Snow to Buffalo to the west and Hoboken to the east. Lackawanna trains also served Syracuse and Utica to the north and Scranton to the south. Erie trains such as the Lake Cities served Chicago to the west and Jersey City to the east.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.
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