Long Island Rail Road- Great Neck Station: Great Neck Architect: Landmark Series

Great Neck Architect

Architect: Unknown

Great Neck Station, Great Neck

Erected in 1924 The station stop is a red brick building with a one-and-a-half-story center section flanked by two one-story wings. One of the side wings is open and one is enclosed. Rustic wooden pillars support the open wing. The eaves of the center section are bracketed. The roof of the central section has three shed dormers on its south slope and six shed dormers on its north slope. Windows are double-hung aluminum sash with brick lintels and stone sills. A concrete pedestrian bridge connects South Station and North Station Plazas. A small, two-story tower at the south of the station is faced with red brick and has a hipped roof. The steeply pitched roof that flares at the eaves and the shed dormers are Dutch Colonial features. The café extension was added after World War II. In recent years the original slate roof was replaced.

In 1866 the rail line ended at Great Neck. By 1869, the stop was called Brookdale, and then named Great Neck Station in1872. During the 1890s it was referred to as Thomaston, and in 1898 the line was extended to Port Washington. In 1903 the station was renamed Great Neck. A wood-frame station stop was built in 1883, renovated on 1893, and replaced with the present station in 1924. A New York Times article from July 1924 asked for bids on new station buildings in Great Neck and Manhasset, with construction scheduled to be completed by November 1, 1924. A Times article dated March 8, 1925 announced the opening of the station. In 1935 the tracks were lowered to eliminate the grade crossing, and the pedestrian bridge and bridge along Middle Neck Road were constructed with the help of the William Barstow family.

Source: http://www.greatneckplaza.net/historic/vsurvey.php?p=lirr