US Border Facilities at Chateaugay, New York
Architectural Description The Chateaugay Border Inspection station at Chateaugay, New York faces east on a 49,500 square foot site on New York State Highway 374 in a rural area of open fields and scattered farm houses. The Chateaugay station was itself built on the site of a farm whose barn remains to the north. The Canadian inspection station is within sight a few hundred yards to the north. Cars are directed to the station from the north via an oval drive from the road. While the site is surrounded by open fields, it has been landscaped in a formal arrangement typically found at border stations with a row of four, now mature, spruce trees spaced across the side and rear yard and six maples screening the south lot line. There is a provision for parking on the south as well. The Inspection Station is part of a three building complex with two residences, for customs and immigrations inspectors, which are located about 50 feet north and south west of the station. The building has been sealed so the interior was not seen. The debate which his approach stirred in the architectural profession may still be observed in the fact that he is often omitted in architectural reference works. The border inspection stations do not individually possess high artistic values, but they do represent a distinguishable entity, that of United States Border Stations [and in this case Border Station and Inspection Residences] whose components are nonetheless of artistic value. This station at Chateaugay is a fine example, and a good example of the choice of a neo-colonial style which was considered appropriate for the upstate New York region. The fact that its roof pitch is steeper than its Vermont counterparts suggests the station was adapted to reflect the state's Dutch stylistic heritage. Its construction is of the highest quality materials and workmanship. It has integrity of setting and feeling associated with its function, and has retained the integrity of its materials. There is no evidence that the site has yielded or may be likely to yield information important in prehistory or history. ==Canada Border Facilities at Herdman, Quebec==
Canada Border Facilities at Herdman, Quebec
The large concrete border station at Herdman was built in 1984. In the 1930s and 1940s, Canada used to inspect vehicles entering from the US at a border station located at the corner of Main St. and 1st Concession. That old border station still stands and has been converted into a private home. ==See also==