Tuckahoe station (New Jersey)

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Tuckahoe
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General information
LocationRailroad Avenue,
Tuckahoe, New Jersey
Coordinates 39°17′28″N74°45′39″W / 39.29111°N 74.76083°W / 39.29111; -74.76083
Services
Preceding station Cape May Seashore Lines Following station
Richland
Terminus
RichlandTuckahoe Terminus
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Following station
Corbin
toward Camden
ACRR Cape May Branch Woodbine
toward Cape May
Terminus ACRR Ocean City Branch Middletown
Tuckahoe Station
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Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1894
ArchitectWilson Bros.
MPS Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No. 84002626 [1]
NJRHP No.1016 [2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Designated NJRHPMarch 17, 1984

Tuckahoe is a disused train station located on Railroad Avenue in the Tuckahoe section of Upper Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. The station was built in 1894 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1984, for its significance in architecture and transportation. [1] [3] It is part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource. [4] The Cape May Seashore Lines offers excursion trips from Tuckahoe to Richland. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System  (#84002626)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Cape May County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 25, 2024. p. 10.
  3. Meyer, Richard (August 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Tuckahoe Station". National Park Service. With accompanying photo
  4. Operating Passenger Railroad Stations in New Jersey
  5. "Cape May Sea Shore Lines". Archived from the original on July 2, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2010.