Hopewell station is located in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The station was built in 1876. The head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and was originally listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.[7][8] New Jersey Transit has proposed reopening the station to railroad service as part of the West Trenton Line.
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 Hopewell station in 2013. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | April 27, 1876 (ceremonial service)[1] May 1, 1876 (regular service)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | December 3, 1982[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| October 1976 | Station agent eliminated[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hopewell Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Hopewell station in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Railroad Place, Hopewell, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°23′29″N 74°45′48″W / 40.39139°N 74.76333°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1876 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Second Empire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 84002728[5] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NJRHP No. | 1673[6] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Designated NJRHP | March 17, 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
History edit
The Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad built the station in 1876 as part of the planned National Railway route between New York City and Washington, D.C. The station was leased by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway in 1879. Train service to the station was terminated in 1982.
Gallery edit
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The main room of the Hopewell passenger station, at least part of which may have been the railroad office at one time. -
The waiting room of the Hopewell passenger station, complete with vintage stove.
See also edit
Bibliography edit
- Poor, Henry Varnum (1865). Manual of the Railroads of the United States: Volume 27. H.V. & H.W. Poor.
References edit
- ^ "Opening a New Rail Route". The Lancaster Intelligencer. May 3, 1876. p. 2. Retrieved September 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Poor 1865, p. 711.
- ^ "Agency Cuts 200 Jobs, Rail Line and Bus Routes". The Home News. New Brunswick, New Jersey. November 12, 1982. p. 21. Retrieved November 26, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Forrestal, Pat (October 10, 1976). "Ticket Office Remains Open". The Ridgewood News. Ridgewood, New Jersey. p. 16. Retrieved November 26, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Mercer County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. January 10, 2010. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
- ^ "New Jersey Transit Railroad Station Survey: Hopewell". National Park Service. 1984. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
- ^ "NRHP Nomination Form Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR". National Register of Historic Places. September 29, 1984. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
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