24 APR 1834 - The Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad is incorporated. 

1838 - The Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad is opened for use. 

2 JUN 1850 - The Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad line is sold. 

14 DEC 1850 - The Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad is reorganized as the Rochester, Lockport and Niagara Falls Railroad.

27 APR 1852 - The Buffalo and Lockport Railroad is chartered .

1 JUL 1852 - The extension east to Rochester opened for use.

17 MAY 1853 - The line is consolidated into the New York Central Railroad owned by the Vanderbilts. 

1853 - The property was used as a yard and freight center. 

1854 - The Buffalo and Lockport Railroad runs from Lockport to Tonawanda to join up with the Buffalo and Niagara Falls Railroad. 

1875 - The land is acquired for station construction. 

1886 - The original depot is removed and a portion of Union St. is relocated to its present position occupying the place where Eastman Alley once existed to make room for the New York Central Lockport Station at 95 Union St. This is the official name of the building. It became known as "Union Station" during the restaurant years in the 1970's. - The restaurant offered food items with "union" in the name and the building sits on Union St. Therefore, the name UNION STATION became part of the local lore. 

1887 - The Vanderbilts decided that the design of Lockport's train station should reflect its importance as a major city. Plans and blueprints are created by architect John D. Foquet. 

1888 - Construction begins for the New York Central Railroad. W.E. Huston {builder), Bendenger & Young (stonework), McDonough Brothers (masonry), E.A. Frye (plumbing) 

1889 - Open to the public late in the year. In addition to passengers and freight several local, national, and international performers disembark at the station to perform at the rebuilt Hodge Opera House (Bewley Building) and at the Palace Theater. At its peak the Lockport station supported 10 passenger trains everyday. 

24 FEB 1916 - The Lockport-Olcott route changes from Mill, Market, and Main to Gooding, Grand, and Hawley. 

Spring 1917 - This train station sees our local regiments depart for World War I. 

22 APR 1921 - West Lockport Station's ticket agent office (where Walgreens is now) is discontinued. Allowing Lockport Station to remain open for passenger service. 

05 JUN 1935 - West Lockport Station ordered abandoned. 

DEC 1941 - New York Central Railroad Lockport sees our local regiments depart for World War II. 

1949 - New York Central Railroad Lockport is deactivated but still staffed. 

1957 - New York Central Railroad Lockport is permanently closed.

1967 - John Saraf Jr. purchases the property for $13,000 to use as a future restaurant. However, Saraf could not execute his plan for revitalization. 

1971 - David H. Goldstein purchases the property from Saraf and completely remodels the interior with a Victorian atmosphere, decorated with train memorabilia and antiques from the 1890's. At this time some of the archways and windows are closed in with cinderblocks and some of the decorative bricks are covered with concrete. The original valet area is closed in and an awning is installed extending from that area. "The Depot" opens to the public. 

17 DEC 1974 - A kitchen fire takes out the roof but most of the building survived. Marty Phelps of the Medina Railroad Museum collects the original surviving slate roof tiles and other artifacts for a future restoration. The building's roof is replaced with shingles. 

17 MAR 1975 - Recommended for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. 

02 DEC 1977 - Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Reference #77000966 

1978 - "The Depot" reopens and is destroyed by another fire. This time the fire gutted the building. It sat abandoned until 1987

AUG 1987 - The Lockport Historic Preservation Association is formed of volunteers responding to the impending threat of demolition to the New York Central depot. Their efforts secured a matching grant from the New York State Environmental Quality Bond Act. Part of this effort included a "buy a brick" program. The public could purchase bricks with their name, business or that of a loved one engraved upon it. The requirements for the matching grant were not met and no one received bricks. All the money collected for bricks was returned to those who made the purchase. However, to this day people still ask for their brick. 

15 MAR 1990 - A survey of the property and building is created by surveyor Ross Martin. 

1994-1999 - Under the guidance of James B. Sullivan and Tarantino Properties, Inc. the Union Station Development Corporation controls the property for the City of Lockport. Design and engineering work is started including pedestrian linkages to other points of interest in the area like the Lockport Locks and Canal Tours facility. 

MAY 1998 - The railroad reports that the Falls Road Railroad is under-utilized, and significant capacity remains in the system to accommodate additional users.

2006 - Property purchased by a Hollywood set decorator Mark Davidson who worked on films and television for Disney, Warner Brothers, and Universal. His last film was Top Gun: Maverick. 

MAY 2015 - The City of Lockport creates a nomination study that spotlights "Union Station" as a focus area for tourism. 

FEB 2021 - Mark retires from Hollywood and moves to Lockport to make the restoration of this building his new priority. 

2021 - Lockport Union Station Restoration Facebook group is started. 

AUG 2022 - Revitalization meetings begin with a newly formed team. During those meetings the original blueprints are discovered. 

The building represents one of the last examples of late 19th century Richardson Romanesque revival architecture in the city. Many people fall in love with the beauty and harmony of the limestone archways and orange brick structure.