Wainscott
General information
LocationWainscott, New York
Owned byLong Island Rail Road (former)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
History
Openedc.1897–1898
Closed1938[1]
Key dates
February 27, 1915Station depot burns[2]
Former services
Preceding station Long Island
Rail Road 		Following station
Bridgehampton
toward Long Island City
 Montauk Division East Hampton
toward Montauk

Wainscott was a former railroad station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in Wainscott, New York, United States. It was opened in either 1897 or 1898 by the Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad, rebuilt in 1915 by the LIRR, and closed in 1938.

Wainscott station has the distinction of being the only Long Island Rail Road station to have segregated waiting rooms, in spite of the fact that the New York State Legislature never allowed segregated facilities.[3] Some sources claim that another station was segregated, but this has yet to be confirmed. In early 1938, the station was closed due to the effects of the Great Depression, and was moved to a beach, where it has served as a private residence since then.[4]

References

  1. ^ "3 R.R. Stations Closed". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. February 9, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved December 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "Railroad Station Burns". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. February 27, 1915. p. 4. Retrieved May 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ Ziel, Ron (1990). The Long Island Rail Road in Early Photographs. New York: Dover Publications. p. 76. ISBN 0-486-26301-0.
  4. ^ Zeil, Ron; Wettereau, Richard (1988). Victorian Railroad Stations of Long Island. Bridgehampton: Sunrise Special. p. 103. OCLC 19319353.

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