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- Guilderland properties listed in the
National Register of Historic Places - former Delaware and
Hudson Railroad Station in Altamont
The property was placed on the NRHP in 1971 under the name
Altamont Village Hall. It became the home of the Altamont Library in
2014.
The Delaware and Hudson Railroad Station in Altamont viewed from the
west (August 2025).
Photos of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad Station in the 1971 and
1982 NRHP nomination documents
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1. Delaware and Hudson Railroad Station viewed from the west
(photo taken in October 1970 by Wayne Lennebaker)
2. Delaware and Hudson Railroad Station viewed from the east
(photo taken in October 1970 by Wayne Lennebaker)
3. Delaware and Hudson Railroad Station viewed from the east
(photo taken in May 1980 by John Harwood)
Text information from NRHP nomination of 1970
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Station entered on the NRHP 12 August
1971 as "Altamont Village Hall".
This structure was included in the Guilderland MRA nomination as one
of the structures in the Altamont Historic District , entered on the
NRHP 10 November 1982.
Application file "Altamont Historic District"; National Register
Guilderland Multiple Resource Area # 1.
Features: One and one-half stories with a half cellar;
Rectamgular plan with projecting passenger canopies on the west or
trackside elevation; Masonry to window level with wood frame above;
Masonry bearing walls and wood frame with heavy wood floor joists;
Slate hip roof; There are four eyebrow dormers; There is a
brick interior chimney with a corbeled cap; There is a cupola with a
pyramidal roof with flared eaves, located at the center of the hip
roof; The large waiting room paneled with wood wainscoating and the
original ticket office remain intact.
Date of initial construction: 1887.
Statement of significance: In 1964, the Delaware and Hudson
discontinued passenger service along the line that passes through
Altamont and shortly thereafter the passenger station was put up for
sale. The station was built in 1887 and the village was
incorporated three years later. The railroad line passing through
Altamont was the main cause for the actual site of the village. The
station was built in the golden age of railroading and it recalls
the confidence and pride of a great American transport system. Its
height and scale dominate the center of the village, and the
adjacent village green makes the location all the more impressive.
Perhaps the most unusual feature of Altamont is the fact that most
of its buildings date back to the turn of the century. They
are alike in the use of wood and generous scale. They have also been
painted white which makes for a very coherent appearance. The
station is an important feature of this environment. The building
was purchased by a local group of citizens for use as a village
hall. It later was acquired by the Village. The exterior has been
repaired and painted and the interior has been rehabilitated for the
building's new functions. Activities ranging from senior citizen's
meetings to ballet classes now take place in the once abandoned
structure. As a result of the rehabilitation of Altamont Station,
the park has grown in importance, some of the key buildings facing
it have been painted and improved, and there is a more obvious
awareness of what people are doing to their homes and to the
community.
In the 1982 Guilderland MRA nomination for the Altamont Historic
District, this property is given the short description:
Late nineteenth-century railroad station, listed on National
Register 8-12-71, adapted for use as offices.
Delaware
and Hudson Railroad Station NRHP nomination document (26MB
pdf)
map location from 1971 NRHP document (Altamont Village Hall)
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