Adapted from the 1982 House Tour Guide

An accessory structure for the Roslyn Railroad Station is the former 13' x 16' passenger shelter for north bound passengers. This is vertically boarded with beaded, tongue-and-groove boards. It has a pitched roof, the ridge of which is parallel to the track. The west (track side) roof slope is shorter and more steeply pitched than the east roof slope. There is considerable roof over-hang in all directions, but especially along the track-side (west) where the roof is supported by heavy diagonal braces which are chamfered with lambs' tongues. The track-side of the passenger shelter originally was open to the weather. There was an interior bench set against the three walls. The passenger shelter is framed with 6" x 6" corner posts and 4" x 4" studs set on 32 inch centers. There is a heavy roof plate and a horizontal beam, set between the vertical members about two feet above the ground level. The ridge members and both roof-plates or purlins project beyond the roof sheathing. Their ends are terminated by flat, sawn pyramids. The siding is nailed to the interior of the framing so that the framing is exposed to the weather. The horizontal beam described above and the sills both are fitted with pitched boards to deflect the rain and snow and to prevent the accumulation of moisture. The passenger shelter dates from 1928. It is a picturesque small building which was well worthy of preservation.

Adapted from the 1987 House Tour Guide

In 1987 the Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Roslyn were interested in relocating the Passenger Shelter for use as a bus stop at Glen Avenue and Old Northern Boulevard, but decided it might be subjected to vandalism and withdrew. At this point the Roslyn Preservation Corporation contracted to relocate the Passenger Shelter to the south end of the Captain Jacob M. Kirby Storehouse site, (TG 1987) where it will be preserved to serve as a picturesque garden house and will conceal north-bound traffic and head lights on Main Street.

View looking south from Main Street.

1906 schematic for the LIRR passenger shelters.

The passenger shelter as seen on October 6, 1986 from Lincoln Avenue when used as a taxi stand. Photo by Ray Jacobs