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Painted Post station is a historic
railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
at Painted Post in
Steuben County, New York Steuben County ( ) is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 93,584. Its county seat is Bath. Its name is in honor of Baron von Steuben, a Prussian general who fought on the American si ...
. It was constructed in 1881–1882 as a passenger and freight depot for the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, also known as the DL&W or Lackawanna Railroad, was a U.S. Class 1 railroad that connected Buffalo, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey, and by ferry with New York City, a distance of . The railroad was ...
.''See also:'' It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1991 as the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station. The depot is used as the Painted Post-Erwin Museum at the Depot, a museum of local history that is operated by the Corning-Painted Post Historical Society. The Society also operates the Benjamin Patterson Inn, an early 19th-century period tavern in
Corning, New York Corning is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 10,551 at the 2020 census. It is named for Erastus Corning, an Albany financier and railroad executive who was an investor in the company th ...
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Buildings and structures in Steuben County, New York
Painted Post, New York Painted Post is a village in Steuben County, New York. The village is in the town of Erwin, west of the city of Corning. The population was 1,809 at the 2010 census. The name comes from a Seneca carved post found by explorers at the junction ...
Former railway stations in New York (state) Gothic Revival architecture in New York (state) History museums in New York (state) Italianate architecture in New York (state) Museums in Steuben County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Steuben County, New York Railway stations in the United States opened in 1882 Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Transportation in Steuben County, New York {{NewYork-railstation-stub