White House station

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White House
Whitehouse station - March 2017.jpg
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
Distance44.3 miles (71.3 km) from Jersey City [1]
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingYes
AccessibleNo
Other information
Fare zone19 [2]
History
OpenedSeptember 25, 1848 [3]
Rebuilt1892 [4]
Key dates
December 9, 1891Station depot burned [5]
Passengers
2012110 (average weekday) [6]
Services
Preceding station NJT logo.svg NJ Transit Following station
Lebanon
toward High Bridge
Raritan Valley Line
weekdays
North Branch
toward New York 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
Whitehouse Station.JPG
White House station
LocationMain Street, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
Coordinates 40°36′56″N74°46′15″W / 40.61556°N 74.77083°W / 40.61556; -74.77083
Area0.3 acres (0.1 ha)
Built1892
Architect Bradford Lee Gilbert
Architectural styleRomanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
MPS Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No. 84002726 [7]
NJRHP No.1628 [8]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Designated NJRHPMarch 17, 1984

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.

Contents

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. [7]

Station layout

The station has a single low-level asphalt side platform. The platform is 201 feet (61 m) long and accommodates two cars. [9]

See also

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