A Former Train Depot on 15.4 Acres - $265,000
1376 Nys Rte #22, Essex, NY 12936
1,590 sqft
One of the last remaining depots along the Delaware & Hudson Railroad's historic Champlain Division, the Merriam Station stands as a rare artifact of the Adirondack Coast's industrial and transportation heritage -- and one of only three stone railroad stations in all of Essex County. Constructed in 1928 to designs by Plattsburgh architect John J. Fitzpatrick, the building was conceived as a consolidation point for the D&H's dwindling passenger and freight operations along western Lake Champlain. Its commission was a practical act of institutional optimism: rough-cut Cadyville stone, wide overhanging eaves, a hipped slate roof, and a projecting trackside ticket bay built to last. The station was named posthumously for William P. Merriam -- original stockholder of the Whitehall-Plattsburgh Railroad Company and operator of a nearby charcoal iron forge -- a gesture of local pride at the close of an era.
