North Creek station is a historic railroad station complex located at North Creek,

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. The complex consists of the railroad station, the freight house, round house, turntable, and horse barn. The station was built in 1874 and is a simple, rectangular, gable roofed building with a broad, overhanging strut-supported roof in the Stick-Eastlake style. Its exterior is covered with vertical boards. The original station was built in 1871 as the new northern terminus of the

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, soon after the line had been purchased by the

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. The railroad served the garnet mining and tanning industries in North Creek. The railroad's vice president originally intended to extend the line to Ogdensburg, but the line was not extended beyond North Creek until 1944, when the line was extended for freight service to

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. In 1889, the line was purchased by the Delaware and Hudson Railway, becoming its Adirondack Branch.

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s ran to the station from 1934 until the outbreak of

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. It is notable as the place where

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learned of his accession to the Presidency of the United States following the

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of President

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. ''See also:'' The station served as the northern terminus of the

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from 2011 to 2018, when the railroad ceased operation. The Saratoga and North Creek revived both the ski trains and summer service south to

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. The railway occupied both the freight house and engine house. Another part of the complex continues to serve as the North Creek Depot Museum. The complex was added to the

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in 1976 as the North Creek Railroad Station Complex.

References

External links

North Creek Depot Museum websiteSaratoga & North Creek RR website
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