White House station explained
| White House |
| Style: | NJ Transit |
| Style2: | NJ Transit BOF |
| Address: | 255 Main Street (CR 523), Whitehouse Station, New Jersey |
| Line: | Raritan Valley Line |
| Platform: | 1 side platform |
| Levels: | 1 |
| Tracks: | 1 |
| Parking: | Yes |
| Opened: | September 25, 1848[1] |
| Years1: | December 9, 1891 |
| Events1: | Station depot burned[2] |
| Rebuilt: | 1892 |
| Accessible: | No |
| Owned: | New Jersey Transit |
| Zone: | 19[3] |
| Passengers: | 110 (average weekday)[4] |
| Pass Year: | 2012 |
| Other Services Header: | Former services |
| Other Services Collapsible: | yes |
| Nrhp: | | Embed: | yes | | White House Station | | Location: | Main Street, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey | | Mapframe: | yes | | Mapframe-Custom: | | Shape: | none | | Line: | none | | Marker: | rail | | Zoom: | 12 |
| | Coordinates: | 40.6156°N -74.7708°W | | Map Width: | 250 | | Built: | 1892 | | Architect: | Bradford Lee Gilbert | | Architecture: | Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque | | Added: | June 22, 1984 | | Area: | 0.3acres | | Refnum: | 84002726 | | Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places | | Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP | | Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places | | Designated Other1 Date: | March 17, 1984 | | Designated Other1 Number: | 1628[5] | | Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom | | Designated Other1 Color: | - ffc94b
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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.
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.
Station layout
The station has a single low-level asphalt side platform. The platform is long and accommodates two cars.[6]
See also
Bibliography
- Book: Bernhart. Benjamin L.. Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. 2004. Outer Station Project. 1891402072.
- Book: Readington Township Historic Preservation and Reading Township Museum Committee. Images of America: Readington Township. 2008. Arcadia Publishing. 9780738556796.
External links
- http://bradfordleegilbert.com/slides/Whitehouse_index.html
Notes and References
- News: Original Route of New Jersey Central Railroad Followed Old Post Road Between Plainfield and Elizabethport, Historian Says . April 13, 2019 . The Plainfield Courier-News . December 31, 1938 . 7. Newspapers.com.
- News: A Railroad Station Burned Down . March 17, 2019 . The Daily Times . December 10, 1891 . . 1. Newspapers.com.
- Web site: Raritan Valley Line Timetables. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 27, 2010. November 7, 2010. Newark, New Jersey. November 7, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161107152229/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/rail/R0060.pdf. dead.
- Web site: QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS . New Jersey Transit . December 31, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130419042253/http://media.nj.com/bergen_impact/other/1Q2013.pdf . April 19, 2013 . live .
- Web site: New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Hunterdon County . New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office . 15 . December 28, 2020 .
- Web site: July 2020 . RARITAN VALLEY LINE ONE-SEAT RIDE SERVICE TO MANHATTAN . 2023-06-08 . 75; 81.
