This postcard depicts the Kingston Passenger Station in Kingston, New York, completed in 1883.
Between 1875 and 1880, Kingston was the home of W.W. Goodrich, a terrible architect and bullshitter extraordinaire who later practiced in Atlanta.
Goodrich had nothing to do with the design of this Queen Anne-style depot, but you’ll be seeing more about Northern train stations here at some point in the future—and Goodrich (blech).
BIF wrote on the front of the postcard: “Here is where I got off train.”
It’d be more fun if he’d omitted the last word.
The card was postmarked in Poughkeepsie, New York, date unreadable, and addressed to Miss E. Crosby of RFD #2, Chester, Vt.