North Creek Depot Museum

The northern end of the Adirondack Railway brought commerce – and tourists

When the North Creek depot opened in the 1870s, it helped bring the resources of the Adirondacks closer to market. It also brought a torrent of summer tourists to the region – and it’s visitors who are keeping the railway open today, too. The complex hasn’t hanged much since it was built: the freight house, roundhouse, tool house and horse barn are all here. It was here that then-Vice President Theodore Roosevelt learned that he had become president, after the death of President McKinley to an assassin’s bullet. This museum, part of the railroad complex, includes exhibits on Roosevelt’s story, the history of snow trains to Gore Mountain, a scale model of the railroad, and more.

At a glance

On the National Register of Historic Places
The Saratoga & North Creek Railway has re-launched regular service into the station, including a ski train in the winter
Museum shop features local items, including garnet mined from the area mines that once delivered tons of rock on the railroad