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{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Lehigh Valley Railroad Station
| nrhp_type    =
| image        = Lehigh Valley Railroad Station, Ithaca, New York.jpg
| caption      =
| location     = W. Buffalo St. and Taughannock Blvd., [[Ithaca, New York]], U.S.
| coordinates  = {{coord|42|26|29.1|N|76|30|46.9|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = New York#USA
| built        = 1898
| architect    = A. B. Wood
| architecture = Classical Revival, Romanesque
| added        = December 31, 1974
| area         = {{convert|2|acre}}
| refnum       = 74001311<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
}}
'''Lehigh Valley Railroad Station''' is a historic [[railway station]] located at 806 West Buffalo Street, [[Ithaca, New York|Ithaca]] in [[Tompkins County, New York]].
The Passenger Station and Freight Station were designed by local architect A. B. Wood<ref>{{Cite book|title=Great American Railroad Stations|last=Potter|first=Janet Greenstein|publisher=John Wiley & Sons, Inc.|year=1996|isbn=978-0471143895|location=New York|pages=171}}</ref> and built in 1898 by the [[Lehigh Valley Railroad]]. The Passenger Station is a [[Classical Revival architecture|Classical Revival]] structure with a [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque]] feeling. It is a massive square building with extensions and sheltering roofs for baggage operations. At one corner is the entrance marquee and a four sided street clock mounted in a [[Corinthian order|Corinthian]] column. The main waiting room section has a hipped roof and features a pedimented [[porte cochere]]. The Freight Station is a long, gray painted frame building with a two-story clapboarded section and a long freight storage part. Lehigh Valley passenger trains making stops there included the ''[[Black Diamond (train)|Black Diamond]],'' ''[[Maple Leaf (LV train)|Maple Leaf]]'' and ''Star.''<ref>Lehigh Valley Railroad timetable, September 27, 1953, Tables 1, 2</ref>
It was used as a passenger station until February 4, 1961. In 1966, local resident Joseph O. Ciaschi, an early local leader in the historic preservation movement,<ref name="ciaschi">{{citation|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theithacajournal/obituary.aspx?pid=154820450|title=Joseph O. Ciaschi Obituary|newspaper=Ithaca Journal|date=November 30, 2011}}</ref> converted the abandoned building into a restaurant.<ref name="nrhpinv_ny">{{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=9406|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Lehigh Valley Railroad Station| date= December 1973|accessdate=2009-11-10 |author=Elizabeth Mulholland and Stephen Jacobs|publisher=[[New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation]]}}''See also:'' {{cite web|url=http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=9417|title=Accompanying five photos}}</ref> Known as The Station, the restaurant operated until September, 2005, when it was closed and the building was converted for use as a branch office of the [[Chemung Canal Trust Company]]: an [[Elmira, New York|Elmira]]-based bank.
[[File:Ithaca train station 2024 jeh.jpg|left|thumb|With train, 2024]]
The building was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1974.<ref name="nris"/>
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*{{HABS |survey=NY-5630 |id=ny1145 |title=Lehigh Valley Railroad Station, West Buffalo Street & Taughannock Boulevard, Ithaca, Tompkins County, NY |photos=6 |cap=1}}
{{Adjacent stations
|system1=Lehigh Valley Railroad|header1=Former lines
|line2=Ithaca Branch|left2=Willow Creek|right2=Newfield
|line3=Auburn and Ithaca Branch|right3=McKinneys
}}
{{National Register of Historic Places in New York}}
[[Category:Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Former Lehigh Valley Railroad stations]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Ithaca, New York]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1898]]
[[Category:1898 establishments in New York (state)]]
[[Category:1961 disestablishments in New York (state)]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Tompkins County, New York]]
[[Category:Bank buildings in New York (state)]]
[[Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1961]]