Mayville
Mayville station in July 2012
General information
LocationWater Street, Mayville, Chautauqua County, New York 14747
History
Closed1950
Rebuilt1925
Services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Dunkirk
toward Buffalo
 Buffalo – Oil City Corry
toward Oil City
Pennsylvania Railroad Station
Mayville station (New York) is located in New York
Mayville station (New York)
Mayville station (New York) is located in the United States
Mayville station (New York)
LocationWater Street,
Mayville, New York
Coordinates42°14′43″N 79°29′43″W / 42.24528°N 79.49528°W / 42.24528; -79.49528
Built1925
ArchitectCookman, William H.; Peck, Lyman S.
NRHP reference No.93000680[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 06, 1993

Mayville station is a historic train station located at Mayville in Chautauqua County, New York. It was constructed in 1925, for the Pennsylvania Railroad and is a 1+1⁄2-story, brick structure with an overhanging hipped roof. The building measures 117 by 29 feet (35.7 by 8.8 m). The station had were Pennsylvania Railroad trains on a route north to Dunkirk and then to Buffalo. To the south, the routed went to Corry and Oil City and then to Pittsburgh.[2] From the station, travelers to resorts along Chautauqua Lake made connections to interurbans and large fleets of steamboats.[3] The Chautauqua Traction Company served the communities on the western side of the lake; and the Jamestown, Westfield and Northwestern Railroad served the eastern side of the lake.

By August, 1949, the Pennsylvania Railroad had abandoned its service on the route north of Corry, thus isolating the station.[4] It was abandoned by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1950. The property was purchased by the Village of Mayville in 1968.[5]

From June 1995 until the fall of 2000 the building served as a local access cable television studio.[6] The Chautauqua Town Historical Society now operates part of the station as the Mayville Depot Museum, which features exhibits of local history, railroad artifacts, Chautauqua Lake, ice harvesting, furniture manufacturing and steamboats.[7]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 as the Pennsylvania Railroad Station.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Pennsylvania Railroad, Table 160". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 78 (12). May 1946.
  3. ↑ "The Jamestown Street Railway Trolley Car #93 Restoration Project".
  4. ↑ "Pennsylvania Railroad, Table 160". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 82 (3). August 1949.
  5. ↑ Claire L. Ross (April 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania Railroad Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2009-06-14. See also: "Accompanying one photo".
  6. ↑ "About Access Channel 5". Access Channel 5, Mayville, NY. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Chautauqua Township Historical Society". Chautauqua County Tourism. Retrieved 23 September 2014.


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