Yorktown Heights Railroad Station
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Yorktown Heights Railroad Station
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South elevation and east profile, 2009
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| Location | Yorktown Heights, NY |
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| Nearest city | Peekskill |
| Coordinates | 41°16′17.5″N 73°46′47″W / 41.271528°N 73.77972°WCoordinates: 41°16′17.5″N 73°46′47″W / 41.271528°N 73.77972°W |
| Built | 1877 |
| NRHP Reference # | 81000419 |
| Added to NRHP | March 19, 1981 |
Yorktown Heights Railroad Station is a former railroad station on the Putnam Line in Yorktown Heights, New York, United States. It is a wooden building located on Commerce Street at the intersection of Underhill Avenue in Railroad Park.
The station was originally built in 1877 by the New York, Westchester and Putnam Railway along a line originally installed by the New York and Boston Railroad that is today a rail trail. It is one of the only three left in Westchester County, and one of only two in that scale and style. In 1981, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the only property listed in the town.
The station is located in a small park in the center of Yorktown. The railroad's right-of-way, now the North County Trailway, runs just to its south. It is paved in pink stone, with a connection to the base of the station.
The building itself is a small one-story frame structure. It is sided in board and batten on the lower half of its facades and clapboard above. A combination of vertical dividers between sections and a horizontal course over the water table give it a half-timber effect. The roof, with deep bracketed overhangs, is both gabled and hipped, covered in shingles.
Bays project on the west and south. The windows, currently boarded on the inside, have plain wood surrounds. A brick chimney rises on the north (rear).
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