Fredonia, NY: Lost/NYC Depot and Retail/NYC Freight House

Depot: (Satellite)

Freight: (Satellite)

Robert Daly posted
Postcard of the Dunkirk Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh (NYC) passenger and freight stations in Fredonia NY, and my 1965 photo of the passenger station. As I recall, the passenger station survived as late as 2019.  Current Google Maps doesn't show the passenger station but the freight station still exists and is in use as a thrift store.

Jim Poland: Passenger service was discontinued in 1938 or so. The passenger depot was used as a office for freight. I remember stopping there with my Dad to check on a shipment of Kitchen cabinets from St Louis in the late 50’s I think. Shortly after that freight was limited to carloads only.

We remodeled the Depot into the depot play house . The interior was all wainscot vertical boards on the walls set off by a chairrail. The ceiling was all wainscoting and was coffered. What did the building in was no effort was made to repair or replace the slate roof.

Toby Newcastle commented on Robert's post

Dennis DeBruler commented on Robert's post

Using Google Earth, the depot existed in Apr 2004, but was gone by Nov 2006. https://maps.app.goo.gl/jTU9MPYH8vr8mWnE9

Jim Poland: Dennis DeBruler the depot was the small brown building , the freight house is down further. The large building is the old Fredonia Seed building.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Jim's comment
Indeed. This is the Nov 2006 image with the depot missing.

Freight House:

Street View, Jul 2013

I'm glad I found the depot on Google Earth because I first thought it was the large rectangle rather than the small square that was just south of the rectangle.

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