Peekskill Freight Depot
Peekskill Freight Depot | |
Eastlake | |
NRHP reference No. | 04001207 |
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Added to NRHP | October 27, 2004 |
The Peekskill Freight Depot, sometimes called the Lincoln Depot, is located at 41 South Water Street in Peekskill, New York. It is a brick building erected in the late 19th century.
Building
The depot building is closer to the tracks and their chainlink fencing than it is to Water Street. Across the tracks is a park which lies along the Hudson River. The neighborhood is primarily commercial, with other old industrial buildings.[1]
It is a one-story 96-by-30-foot (29.3 by 9.1 m) masonry structure faced in
Before its conversion into a museum, the interior of the building retained much of its original trim, including the cement floor,
History
The first depot was built of wood around 1850 by the
On February 19, 1861,
Peekskill has embraced Lincoln's appearance as a celebrated part of its history. A memorial stone, the Lincoln Exedra, was erected on South Street, overlooking the depot, in 1925. The speech was commemorated at its 50th anniversary in 1911, and again on its centennial in 1961. The latter occasion featured a re-enactment of the speech, with actors dressed as Lincoln and Nelson.[2] The Lincoln Society of Peekskill keeps the memory alive and organizes other activities related to its namesake.
The railroad no longer exists, and the building fell vacant as Peekskill's industrial base declined to the point that freight shipments were no longer made; the line itself is now the Metro-North Hudson commuter line, handling almost exclusively passenger traffic.
Lincoln Depot Museum
In April 2005, then
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f Shaver, Peter (January 16, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places nomination, Peekskill Freight Depot". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Archived from the original on August 26, 2012. Retrieved September 5, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Lincoln Society of Peekskill; 2007; Lincoln Depot Museum; retrieved June 17, 2007.
- ^ "Lincoln's Peekskill Address: Yes, There Was One (Published 1979)". 1979-02-11. Retrieved 2023-08-10.
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