Schoharie Valley Railroad Complex is a national

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located at Schoharie in

Schoharie County, New York Schoharie County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,714, making it the state's fifth-least populous county. The county seat is Schoharie. "Schoharie" comes from a Mohawk word meaning "f ...

. The district includes five contributing buildings and four contributing structures. The complex of buildings were built about 1875 by the

Schoharie Valley Railroad Schoharie may refer to: *Schoharie County, New York, USA **Schoharie (town), New York, in the above county ***Schoharie (village), New York, in the above town *Schoharie Creek, a stream in upstate New York, USA **Schoharie Valley The Schoharie Val ...

. They include the passenger station, freight / locomotive house, office, old mill building, storage facility, and four coal

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s. The four mile railroad was abandoned in 1942. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1972.

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Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic districts in Schoharie County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Schoharie County, New York {{SchoharieCountyNY-NRHP-stub