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Discussion relating to the NH and its subsidiaries (NYW&B, Union Freight Railroad, Connecticut Company, steamship lines, etc.). up until its 1969 inclusion into the Penn Central merger. This forum is also for the discussion of efforts to preserve former New Haven equipment, artifacts and its history. You may also wish to visit www.nhrhta.org for more information.
 #1385216  by Jeff Smith
 
Looks like the old station at East Third St may be in some jeapordy: LoHud

Brief, fair-use:
MOUNT VERNON - A study of East Third Street that officials are targeting for a makeover concluded there's not much worth saving, except for a defunct train station that helped spur the city's development.

The former East Third Street Station at 222 E. Third St. near Fulton Avenue was once a major stop for the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway. With its Italianate design and arches along its facade, the station was the showpiece of the railroad's five stations in Mount Vernon, said historian Larry Spruill.

"It was an elegant train station for the very wealthy and it was constructed during Mount Vernon's golden age when Mount Vernon was the city of homes and it was a model for suburban Westchester," said Spruill, author of the book "Mount Vernon (Images of America)."

In Mount Vernon's Draft Environmental Impact Statement, a document that will guide the city's rezoning of the area, the authors noted that the East Third Street Station was the only property in the area with a potential National Register of Historic Places status. However, damage to the building's facade since a 1986 historic preservation study has decreased the station's eligibility for placement on the National Register, according to the environmental impact statement.
Later in the article, others discuss that it may not be worth it, or possible, to save the station.
 #1540095  by Jeff Smith
 
Looks like it didn't make it; I haven't been back there in a while: https://www.hudsonvalleyruins.org/rob/?p=2624
Mount Vernon’s East Third Street station of the New York, Westchester, and Boston Railway is undergoing demolition. The railway operated between 1912 and 1937 and the White Plains terminus of this branch was located at the present-day site of the Westchester Mall. A 249-unit apartment project will be constructed at and near the site of the long-abandoned East Third Street station.

In his encyclopedic survey American Architecture, Westchester County, New York, (1977) Frank Sanchis wrote:

“The “classical” station at East Third Street still stands and looks much the same as when it was constructed, except for the fact that the center section, under the pediment has been enclosed. Originally, it was an open arcade, defining a glass roofed courtyard that gave access to the train station, which was at the rear of the building. Shops opened onto the courtyard, which was ornamented with marble columns featuring capitals of Mercury heads and wings; most other columns in the station were of cast concrete, with simple Doric capitals.”

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