Boy, I'm just fulla good news tonight. The effort to preserve the PRR station in Hudson Ohio has been unable to raise money for the project and the long delayed destruction of the building is imminent: http://www.hudsonhubtimes.com/images/hht...depot1.jpg. Times are tough, and even bits of historic rail architecture will fall to lack of money. :cry: Bob C.

That's a real shame. So short sighted...

Andrew

I'm not familiar with this particular situation, but is a railroad involved? If the building sits on RR property, even if abandoned, the RR is paying taxes on the "improved" property during the time it takes for the preservation efforts to take place. I am sure the RR wants the tax burden, and the burden of liability of the abandoned structure, off their books.

I do, however, agree that it is a shame to see another old station get demolished.

My brother lives in Hudson. Its a nice little station.







I know I have more pictures somewhere, but those were the only three I can find.

I wouldnt call its demolition shortsighted. Its not in great shape, isn't particularly accessible or even visible to most people, and even restored wouldn't serve much purpose. Shame its going to be demolitioned, but when they tore down my favorite little surviving tower...well the thing was a wreck and it was a mercy kill. Not everything needs to be or gets to be preserved.

Thanks for the additional photos...re-located the article, for a more comprehensive outline here: http://www.hudsonhubtimes.com/news/article/4952928 NS has delayed the destruction since 2005, but the preservation group could only raise about 1-2% of the estimated project cost ?! Possibly the removal from NS property to a new site was the big cost hurdle to be overcome? Bob C.

The site struck me as a very difficult place to move a building off of. The whole place is about 20 feet above the average ground level, on a triangle formed by a junction. The NS main is elevated throughout town. Even if they could move it across the tracks, there's an immediate and steep dropoff to deal with. That's two sides of it. The third is where a major road is and a sheer retaining wall and the railroad overpasses. The only other direction also faces the same elevation difficulties as well as being developed properties. Like a less than two year old Chipotle, for instance. I'm no expert in moving buildings, but the site looks like there's no way down. From street level, you can't even see the thing. You can see it from a road that goes behind the town library, and that's about it. Its not visible from main roads.

My brother was telling me part of the preservation movement was to save it in case passenger trains ever called there again, like Akron to Cleveland commuter or adding a Capitol Limited stop. But realistically they'd probably be better off building a new station. I mean, the place doesn't even have a parking lot and there's nowhere to build one.