Irvington Railroad Station

Located on 7 North Astor Street, the Irvington Railroad Station was constructed in 1889 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The station was designed by the successors of the Henry Hobson Richardson’s firm: Shepley, Rutan, & Coolidge.

Much of the early development of Westchester County and the State of New York in the 19^th Century centered on the Hudson River, however during the winters the river was prone to freezing over for 90-100 days, causing trade in the region to suffer. The railroad would solve this. Issue.

With the Hudson River Railroad line arriving in Irvington in 1849, but the present station was not constructed until 1889. Hudson River Railroad chose the firm of Shepley, Rutan, & Coolidge to do the design.

The station is a one-story ticket house in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. It is constructed from pink granite, red sandstone, and a brownstone trim. The station house has rusticated stones and a hipped roof with kick/bell cast eaves, a polygonal dormer, tripartite windows on all facades with corbel shapes under the bow windows, exposed rafter tails, timber braces, and a Yankee gutter. It is a form representative of other railroad stations of the period. Since 1957 when the ticket hall was retired, it has been converted into an art gallery, a lumber-company office, and an architectural firm. As of this writing, it is currently a frozen yogurt restaurant called Brrzaar with many options of yogurt and toppings.

[1] Irvington Historic District.” National Register of Historic Places. United States Department of the Interior/National Park Service, November 29, 2013. https://npgallery.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/13001095.pdf

[2] Sanchis, Frank E. American Architecture: Westchester County, New York: Colonial to Contemporary. Croton-on-Hudson, NY: North River Press, 1977.

[3] Turiano, John Bruno. “Froyo to Melt For.” Westchester Magazine, August 12, 2016. https://westchestermagazine.com/life-style/froyo-to-melt-for/.

[4] Lubar, Steven. “Promoting the Hudson River Railroad.” Railroad History, no. 157 (1987): 55–63. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43521233.