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Photograph of Scarsdale station
Photograph by Stephen L. Senigo, Photographer, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Scarsdale Railroad Station

Built in 1846 (Tudor Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. 15 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

“Scarsdale station is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line, located in Scarsdale, New York. Scarsdale is the southernmost station on the two-track section of the Harlem Line; a third track begins to the south.”

Wikipedia article Scarsdale station, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 250 National Register listings published here for Westchester County · listed in 2000 · category: Building · built in 1846, Tudor Revival architecture.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
  • Address. Popham Rd. at Bronx River Pkwy., Scarsdale, 10583
  • When was it listed? July 2000
  • Category. building
  • Town. Scarsdale town
  • When was it built? 1846
  • Architectural style. Tudor Revival architecture
  • National Register reference number. 00000837 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Then and now

1891 to 1995

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Scarsdale Railroad Station, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet covering Scarsdale Railroad Station, surveyed 1891

Fires near this property

963 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 963 fires within 5 miles of Scarsdale Railroad Station between 2000 and 2020, burning about 804 acres in total. 65 started naturally. 87 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined559
Smoking115
Arson/incendiarism87
Natural65
Recreation and ceremony64
Equipment and vehicle use27
Debris and open burning20
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Other causes3

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
9 September 2003Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2015Smokingunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Scarsdale Railroad Station: 1 producer, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Molybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, Tantalum, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Chester Metals Division RefinerySilverPlant
Dobbs Ferry PlantMolybdenum, Rhenium, Tungsten, TantalumProducer

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this property

15 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scarsdale, the town this property stands in, in 15 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 6 flash flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2021Flash FloodScarsdale1 killedThe body of a man was found in Saxon Woods Park in White Plains after he exited his stranded car and was swept away by flood waters.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindScarsdale$3,000A few trees were reported down in Scarsdale.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindScarsdale$1,500A three foot diameter tree was downed at Penn Boulevard and Weaver Street.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindScarsdale$750One inch tree limbs broken and shingles blown off.
August 2009Thunderstorm WindScarsdale$500A large tree limb was reported down in Scarsdale.
July 2021Flash FloodScarsdale-The southbound Hutchinson River Parkway was closed due to flooding at Exit 13 in White Plains.
August 2008Flash FloodScarsdale-Westchester Office of Emergency Management reported that there was up to 5 feet of standing water on some side streets in New Rochelle.
June 2008Flash FloodScarsdale-The Bronx River Parkway was closed in both directions between Harney Road and the Sprain Brook Parkway.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindScarsdale-Trees and power lines down in Scarsdale and Tarrytown.
August 2011HailScarsdale-no account filed
August 2011HailScarsdale-no account filed
June 2011HailScarsdale-no account filed
May 2002Funnel CloudScarsdale-no account filed
June 1998Flash FloodScarsdale-no account filed
July 1997Flash FloodScarsdale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Westchester County

Maps showing this location

15 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Caleb Hyatt House0.7 miles1973
Wayside Cottage0.8 miles1981
Scarsdale Woman's Club0.9 miles2008
Bronx River Parkway Reservation1.5 miles1991
Hartsdale Railroad Station1.8 miles2011
US Post Office-Scarsdale2.0 miles1989

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 00000837 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Westchester CountyAll 250 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.