Red House, New York

The 1923 topographic map shows the Erie Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad running through the town of Red House, NY.  The Erie tracks ran on the north side of the Allegany River and the Pennsylvania tracks on the south side.  The location of the Erie station is shown on the map. The PRR did not have a station in Red House, but did service a chemical plant shown on the right side of the map.

The name of Red House was derived from a house which stood upon the bank of the Allegany, just below the mouth of Red House Creek, and was painted red. The raftsmen who navigated the river in the early days named an eddy in the river at this point Red House Eddy, the name being suggested by the same house. The creek received its name from the eddy, and the town from the creek.

This 1920s postcard shows the bridge over the Allegany River at Red House

Red House, New York was a station on the Erie Railroad just west of Salamanca. This was a combination tower and station. This tower controlled traffic between the eastbound and westbound mains which separated and converged again at Steamburg to the west.

This 1909 photograph from the Syracuse University Library collection shows the end of the station.

This undated photograph shows the Erie Railroad station in Red House. The photo appears to be from a date later then the previous one due to the addition of the advertising billboard on the end of the building.

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