Lindenhurst Station view SE c.1910 (Keller)

LINDENHURST STATION HISTORY:

SSRR service began on 10/28/1867 as Wellwood. The original two story wooden depot with front verandah-style covered platform and porte-cochere at rear was built on the south side of the tracks and east of Wellwood Ave.; renamed "Breslau" in 1869.

2nd depot privately built 25' north of original depot site (across tracks on north side of the tracks.) The two story wooden depot had agent's living quarters upstairs and the post office at street level. It was opened in time for the June 6th, 1870 festivities for land sale and development of Breslau. SSRR gave a terrible performance at the festivities and received such scathing reviews from The Brooklyn Daily Eagle that it's believed the offer to give the SSRR the depot was cancelled and moved off-site within a few months to become a much-needed school which opened on 12/12/1870, but was found to be too small and "would be replaced soon" (Bayles, 1874). This 2nd structure became a fire house. The original 1867 depot remained in service on its original site. Church services were held there on Sundays ("South Side Signal" of 12/7/1870 - courtesy of Art Huneke).

Station name changed to "Lindenhurst": 1891 with the ticket bay extended the full width of the verandah-style platform. The depot was destroyed by fire on 1/22/1901. Temporary quarters established in Pearsall's Barber Shop and the freight house for several days until a combine car was placed on siding serving as ticket office and waiting room.

3rd depot built on south side of tracks, slightly east of the former depot and placed in svc: 3/23/1901. The ticket bay window was enlarged. The depot and shelter shed across from this depot moved further east: c. 1926 (Bob Emery) to be joined with freight/express house which had been shortened by 1/2 its original length. The depot was remodeled and ticket bay window removed. Donated to the Lindenhurst Historical Society by the LIRR in 1967, but remained in use until 10/25/1968 when the depot was closed due to the grade elimination project and moved to nearby Irmisch Park.

The freight house was separated from the depot and both structures restored to two, separate structures, although not of the original configuration and size. The original sized bay window restored, beginning 1971. The current site is a Village of Lindenhurst Museum. Temporary station in svc: 10/25/68 on account of the grade crossing elimination project. Elevated structure in svc: 8/7/73. Agency closed: 8/19/2009   Research: Dave Keller

Lindenhurst - Hyde map c.1900 with sidings to Dittman (sic) Bros. Coal Yard and Vulcanite Mfg. Co.

Lindenhurst CR4-1913 sidings to Dittmann (sic) Bros. Coal Yard/Lindenhurst Coal Co. and Vulcanite Mfg. Co. later to become with the siding extension in 1915 Lakeville Mfg. Co./Suffolk Lumber Co. per Emery map MP33-34 Lindenhurst  8/1958 (right)

Emery map MP33-34 Lindenhurst  8/1958
Archive: Dave Keller

Lindenhurst view E  - 4/17/1961 Archive: Mike Boland

As of the official LIRR Train Order Offices and Signal Stations listed in  ETT #61 effective 6/28/1911, Lindenhurst was no longer indicated as a train order office or signal office.

My ETT effective 11/1910 has no such listing and there is no similar listing in my 1910 LIRR Book of  Rules so I can't say WHEN block signals were removed from that location, but we know they were gone by June, 1911.  So any photos that show the block signal out front would have been taken prior to that date.  Research: Dave Keller

Lindenhurst Station view SE January 1968; work just starting on temporary station facilities for elevation. Archive: Brad Phillips

Lindenhurst - Wellwood Ave view S 1970
Archive: Merrick Library

Lindenhurst Station view E  January 1968; work just starting on temporary station facilities for elevation Archive: Brad Phillips

Lindenhurst Station - Wellwood Ave view E 1970
Archive: Merrick Library