(rshsdepot) Harriman, NY (Erie)

["J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root_@_net.bluemoon.net>]

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Henry

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Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 19:38:06 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Richard P." <rjp_jr -AT- yahoo.com>
Subject: (erielack) Old Erie Station in Harriman, NY to be torn down

>From the local paper on May 11...
   
  OLD DEPOT TO BE TORN DOWN
   
  Harriman - An abandoned railroad depot built 95 years ago on land donated by this village's namesake is about to be demolished.
      A contractor hired by Norfolk Southern, the railroad that owns the property, met with Harriman building inspector Ron Walker Tuesday to get a demolition permit.  An excavator that will be used to tear down the dilapidated Grove Street building is already parked next to it.  Walker ordered the railroad to remedy the structure about two months ago, Mayor Steve Welle said.
      Railroad and banking magnate E.H. Harriman donated the land on which the station was built in 1911.  The brick-and-stucco building closed in the late 1950s or early 1960s and has gradually slid into disrepair.  A few years ago, Orange County officials talked with the Town of Monroe about giving the building to the town for a history museum once the county bought the stretch of unused tracks that the station sits beside.  Harriman was also negotiating to buy the property.  At first, Welle said, the railroad agreed to sell the land for $125,000 but then wanted to lease it.

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