Laurel House station, branch MP 18.5, was built as part of the three-foot gauge Kaaterskill Railroad, an extension of the Stony Clove and Catskill Mountain Railroad.
It was built so passengers could stop there and take a carriage to the Laurel House, a hotel that was nearby.
When the Ulster and Delaware standard-gauged the railroad in 1899, it was replaced with an actual station.
That's when it became nothing but a flagstop, where one would have to wave a tin flag to get a train to stop.
The New York State Government decided to get rid of the station, and eventually burnt it to the ground.