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}} Fort Covington-Dundee is a border crossing connecting Sainte-Agnès-de-Dundee, Quebec in Canada to Fort Covington, New York. The crossing is notable because the boundary line crosses through the now-defunct Taillon's International Hotel, where it was possible to order a drink in Canada and play pool in the United States. The hotel was built in 1820,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Half-way House between Dundee Quebec and Fort Covington NY )〕 prior to the Webster–Ashburton Treaty of 1842, which redefined this section of the Canada–United States border. Prior to construction of the current Dundee border station, Canada Customs was operated out of the McMillon Residence. The current US border station was constructed in the mid 1930s. In 2014 the border inspection station on the U.S. side was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.〔 ==Architectural Description== The Fort Covington Border Inspection station is located on the west side of Dundee Road in Fort Covington, New York on a 188,000 square foot lot. Set in an agricultural area, the station faces open fields on the east and has farms on the south. About 100 feet west of the building is the Salmon River. The Canadian inspection station is within sight 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, and bordered by the river, it has been landscaped in a formal arrangement typically found at border stations with a series of evergreen trees spaced across the side and rear yard. Fort Covington, however also has mature hardwoods at the river edge. North of the station on the river is a docking area where docks are placed in season. Signs alert boaters to the border and a walkway leads from the inspection dock area to the station. There is a provision for car parking south of the station. The station is three part in plan with a one and a half story, white painted brick central block and two single story weatherboarded wings on the north and south. The central block is five bays wide beneath a steeply pitched, end gable, slate roof. Unlike the other similar stations, there are not dormers on both sides of the roof, rather there is a shed roof dormer on the west side of the roof only, and one interior brick chimney. Windows are 12/12 vinyl replacement sash on the first floor and 8/8 vinyl replacement sash in the second floor dormer. There is a glass and aluminum replacement entry on the east with a single leaf door and sidelight beneath a transom.〔 The wings are four bays long and one bay wide under hipped, slate covered roofs. The south wing is an inspection shed for vehicles and that on the north is a garage for government vehicles. All four garage bays on the south have been filled in: two were sealed, one enclosed with a pedestrian door, the fourth with a pair of handicap accessible bathrooms entered beneath a door hood. There is a new aluminum overhead door at the end of this wing. On the north wing, four bays have new wood overhead garage doors sheltered by a new standing seam metal and wood pent roof. Its end bay retains the paired 12/12 sash. The west facades of both wings have three and four bays of 12/12 sash.〔 A two lane inspection canopy on steel capped columns extends from the main block of the building at eaves level. A portion of the canopy over the outer lane was enlarged and raised in 1972, but the canopy section closer to the building is topped by segments of its original wrought iron railing. At the easternmost end of the canopy is a flag pole island with a wrought iron railing.〔 On the first floor interior, a vestibule is formed by two parallel panelled counters on left and right of the entry. There are two small bathrooms directly across from the entry to the right of a stair which connects the basement to the second floor. Left of the stair the space is divided into an office by a wall with three glass windows and a door topped by glass transoms, all added in 1935. The area on the right is unpartitioned. Interior finishes are typical for the border stations with plaster walls, architrave door surrounds, picture rail and baseboards defining the spaces. The first floor has been laid with a new tile surface in the public area. Original lighting fixtures have been replaced with ceiling hung fluorescent fixtures.〔 The cement floored basement is divided into two mechanical rooms and a storage/mechanical room. The two end rooms have their original ornamental, two panelled doors with patterned panels. The second floor has hardwood and linoleum floors and two side by side detention rooms with their original barred and panelled entry doors, replacement sinks, and toilets.. There is one office room and a long eaves room across the east which is used for storage.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fort Covington–Dundee Border Crossing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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