Ghent (NYCRR Station)
The Ghent station was a former New York Central Railroad station that served the residents of Ghent, New York. History The station catered to a local community that had a substantial industry during the era of the NYCRR, and, earlier, the New York and Harlem Railroad. Prior to this, however, another railroad laid tracks through the community nearby: specifically, the Hudson and Berkshire Railroad, which was completed in 1846 between Hudson and Chatham It went bankrupt and was reorganized as the Hudson and Boston Railroad in 1855: later acquired by the Boston and Albany Railroad in 1870, which eventually downgraded it to the B&A Hudson Branch. The New York and Harlem laid tracks through Ghent to Chatham in 1852. The line was eventually taken over by the New York Central Railroad (NYCRR), and provided both passenger and freight train service. Ghent was the station that served both the Harlem Division and the former Boston and Albany Railroad Hudson Branch. The station had a tow ...
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Bartlett House (Ghent, New York)
Bartlett House, a historic railroad hotel, restored in 2016 to house a kitchen, bakery, and cafe. It was built about 1870, and is a three-story, five bay by five bay, square, Italianate architecture, Italianate style brick building on a raised basement. It features a full width front porch at the primary story and decorative cornice. The name BARTLETT HOUSE appears in white lettering between the second and third stories. ''Note:'' This includes an''Accompanying photographs''/ref> History The Bartlett House was built in 1870 by Ebenezer Bartlett and served as a hotel for railroad travelers. In the mid-1900s, the hotel was the subject of photographs by Walker Evans. The photos were displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The Bartlett House continued to operate as a railroad hotel for the New York and Harlem Railroad, New York and Harlem and Hudson and Boston Railroads until about 1948. After the rail line was abandoned, the hotel fell into many years of disuse. ...