(rshsdepot) Piermont NY

[Jim Dent <jdent1_@_optonline.net>]

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Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 18:05:39 -0500
From: Joseph A. Braun

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I want to share photos I took today of the Piermont NY depot. The 
Piermont Historical Society has done one fantastic job getting this 
structure saved and renovated! This is also one cute depot!!!  It just 
seems destined to be modelled. Without any compression on any dimension 
it could fit on any size model railroad.

I expressed amazement to one of the PHS Board, Laird Kelly, about how 
well the depot had survived. Laird responded:
  "It was also saved by its design.  The overhang of the roof has kept 
the sides out of the weather for its entire history.  Once we got the 
new roof in place, we felt sure the rest could wait for us to catch up."

Laird also shared with me the 1883 news article re the station that I 
add at the end. This plus paint analysis was the source of the authentic 
original paint scheme.

Thanks to Laird and to this whole committee, Society, and the community 
of Piermont for their foresight, energy, and sense of history.

The first photo looks north toward Nyack. The third and fourth look south.

When you look at #5, remember that even PAs stopped here!!  The last 
photo -- courtesy of Laird -- was taken before any renovation was done. 
This little station could have easily have been gone by now!

Joe Braun

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Rockland County Journal October 20, 1883
THE PIERMONT STATION

"The new station at Piermont-on-the-hill is nearly completed, and we do 
not hesitate to say that it is one of the handsomest little buildings we 
have ever seen.  Its architecture is of Swiss design, the architect 
being Mr. M.W. Debaun, of the firm of M.W. and H. Debaun who erected it.

"It is 20x30 feet on the ground, two stories high, and elegantly fitted 
up.  On the first floor are the waiting rooms and ticket office, which 
are finished in Georgia pine, and the second floor is divided into 
living apartments for the station agent.  The building is painted a 
French gray with olive trimmings, and presents a very attractive 
appearance both inside and out.  The grounds will be nicely graded and 
adorned, so that they will, in point of beauty, be in perfect keeping 
with the building.  The builders, the Messrs DeBaun have done their work 
well, and the effort is very pleasing."



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