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White House station

January 18, 2023

For stations with similar names, see Whitehouse station.

White House is a NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in the Whitehouse Station section of Readington in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The station is on the west side of Main Street in the center and the station building has subsequently been turned into a branch library for the Hunterdon County Library system. This station has no weekend service.

White House
White House station in March 2017.
General information
Location255 Main Street (CR 523), Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
Owned byNew Jersey Transit
Line(s)Raritan Valley Line
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingYes
Other information
Fare zone19[1]
History
OpenedSeptember 25, 1848[2]
Rebuilt1892[3]
Key dates
December 9, 1891Station depot burned[4]
Passengers
2012110 (average weekday)[5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station
Lebanon
toward High Bridge
 Raritan Valley Line
weekdays
 North Branch
toward New York Penn Station or Hoboken
Former services
Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station
Lebanon
toward Scranton
 Main Line North Branch
toward Jersey City
White House Station
LocationMain Street, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
Coordinates40°36′56″N 74°46′15″W / 40.61556°N 74.77083°W / 40.61556; -74.77083Coordinates: 40°36′56″N 74°46′15″W / 40.61556°N 74.77083°W / 40.61556; -74.77083
Area0.3 acres (0.1 ha)
Built1892
ArchitectBradford Lee Gilbert
Architectural styleRomanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002726[6]
NJRHP No.1628[7]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Designated NJRHPMarch 17, 1984

The building was designed for the Central Railroad of New Jersey in the Richardson Romanesque style by Bradford Gilbert who is best known for having designed the first steel-framed curtain wall building, but who also designed at least six railroad stations. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 for its significance in architecture and part in the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[6]

Station layout

The station has a single low-level asphalt side platform.

G Track 1 ←      Raritan Valley Line weekdays toward High Bridge (Lebanon)
←      Raritan Valley Line weekdays toward Newark Penn Station (North Branch) →
Side platform
Street level Parking

See also

Bibliography

  • Bernhart, Benjamin L. (2004). Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project. ISBN 1891402072.
  • Readington Township Historic Preservation and Reading Township Museum Committee (2008). Images of America: Readington Township. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738556796.

References

  1. ^ "Raritan Valley Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  2. ^ "Original Route of New Jersey Central Railroad Followed Old Post Road Between Plainfield and Elizabethport, Historian Says". The Plainfield Courier-News. December 31, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved April 13, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.  
  3. ^ Bernhart 2004, p. 69.
  4. ^ "A Railroad Station Burned Down". The Daily Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. December 10, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.  
  5. ^ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS" (PDF). New Jersey Transit. (PDF) from the original on April 19, 2013. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  6. ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#84002726)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  7. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Hunterdon County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. December 28, 2020. p. 15.

External links

  • world.nycsubway.org - NJT Raritan Line
  • Station and Station House from Main Street from Google Maps Street View

January 18, 2023
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