Building
The depot building is closer to the tracks and their chainlink fencing than it is to Water Street. Across them is a park and the Hudson River. The neighborhood is primarily commercial, with other old industrial buildings.
It is a one-story 96-by-30-foot (29 by 9.1 m) masonry structure faced in common-bond brick with a shallow-pitched gabled roof. The roof eave extends eight feet (2.2 m) over the elevated |platform]] to shelter handlers while loading and unloading freight. It is supported by brackets and has decorative vergeboards at the north and south gable ends. The brick itself has segmented pilasters between the bays and some corbeling.
Inside it retains much of its original trim. This includes the cement floor, wainscoting, exposed trusswork ceiling and reed molding and bullseye corner blocks around the doors.
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