South Gilboa station

South Gilboa station is a disused train station in South Gilboa, New York. The original station, at MP 70.4, was a spartan facility with a long platform on the end for ice from Mayhem's Pond, which the station was on the shores of, to be loaded onto. The ice would then be shipped to the ice houses in Kingston, New York. However, this building was torn down by the Ulster and Delaware Railroad, and replaced with a new one in the early 1900s.[2]:5

South Gilboa
LocationBailey Spur Road, South Gilboa, Schoharie County, New York
Tracks1
Services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Stamford
toward Oneonta
 Catskill Mountain Branch Grand Gorge
toward Kingston Point
South Gilboa Railroad Station
LocationBailey Spur Rd., South Gilboa, New York
Coordinates42°24′36″N 74°33′30″W
Area2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1905 (1905)
Architectural styleStick/eastlake
NRHP reference No.00000090[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 25, 2000

The new South Gilboa Station, MP 70.6, was one of the U&D's new pre-fabricated stations that were set up in the early 1900s. It was about a quarter of a mile east of the original station, and was a good freight stop, with many farms around for vegetables, fruit, dairy, etc. to be loaded onto for shipment.[2]

This station was abandoned in 1954, with the end of passenger service on the U&D, and was left to deteriorate. However, this station is planned to be restored by the Town of Gilboa Historical Society. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 as the South Gilboa Railroad Station.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)" (Searchable database). New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2015-11-01. Note: This includes Raymond W. Smith (December 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: South Gilboa Railroad Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-11-01. and Accompanying photographs



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