Lehigh Valley Railroad Station is a historic railway station located at 806 West Buffalo Street, Ithaca in Tompkins County, New York. The Passenger Station and Freight Station were designed by local architect A. B. Wood and built in 1898 by the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The Passenger Station is a Classical Revival structure with a Romanesque feeling. It is a massive square building with extensions and sheltering roofs for baggage operations. At one corner is the entrance marquee and a four sided street clock mounted in a Corinthian column. The main waiting room section has a hipped roof and features a pedimented porte cochere. The Freight Station is a long, gray painted frame building with a two-story clapboarded section and a long freight storage part. Lehigh Valley passenger trains making stops there included the '' Black Diamond,'' '' Maple Leaf'' and ''Star.''Lehigh Valley Railroad timetable, September 27, 1953, Tables 1, 2 It was used as a passenger station until February 4, 1961. In 1966, local resident Joseph O. Ciaschi, an early local leader in the historic preservation movement, converted the abandoned building into a restaurant.''See also:'' Known as The Station, the restaurant operated until September, 2005, when it was closed and the building was converted for use as a branch office of the

Chemung Canal Trust Company Chemung Canal Trust Company is a New York State chartered trust company based in Elmira, New York. It was founded as a publicly traded bank in 1833. In 1857, the Arnot family gained control of the bank and operated a private family bank until 190 ...

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The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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* {{National Register of Historic Places in New York Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic American Buildings Survey in New York (state) Former Lehigh Valley Railroad stations Buildings and structures in Ithaca, New York Railway stations in the United States opened in 1898 1898 establishments in New York (state) 1961 disestablishments in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Tompkins County, New York Bank buildings in New York (state) Railway stations in the United States closed in 1961