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Washington station (New Jersey) - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 40°45′30″N 74°58′6″W / 40.75833°N 74.96833°W

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WASHINGTON

The former station site of the Washington station as seen from the former freight platform.

General information

Location

81 Railroad Avenue, Washington, Warren County, New Jersey 07882

Line(s)

Old Main Line
Hampton Branch
Phillipsburg Branch

Other information

Station code

921 (Morris and Essex)^[1]
1200 (Phillipsburg Branch)^[1]
1300 (Hampton Branch)^[1]

History

Opened

May 27, 1856^[2]

Closed

September 30, 1966^[3]

Rebuilt

1867^[4]
1900

Key dates

March 20, 1926

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad discontinues passenger service to Hampton^[5]

June 20, 1943

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad discontinues passenger service to Phillipsburg^[6]^[7]

March 15, 1944

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad discontinues passenger service to Portland^[8]^[9]

Former services

Preceding station		Following station
Oxford Furnace toward Portland	Old Main Line	Port Murray toward Lake Hopatcong
Stewartsville toward Phillipsburg	Phillipsburg Branch	Terminus
Changewater toward Hampton	Hampton Branch	Terminus

Washington Railroad Station

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

New Jersey Register of Historic Places

The site of the former freight platform.

Location

Railroad Avenue, Washington, New Jersey

Coordinates

40°45′30″N 74°58′6″W / 40.75833°N 74.96833°W

Built

1900

Architect

Delaware Lackawanna & Western R.R.

NRHP reference No.

79001532^[10]

NJRHP No.

2794^[11]

Significant dates

Added to NRHP

July 3, 1979

Designated NJRHP

March 29, 1979

Washington is a former commuter railroad train station in the borough of Washington, Warren County, New Jersey. The station serviced trains operated by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad on three different lines. Washington station handled the Lackawanna Old Road, which came from Port Morris Junction and continued to Portland, Pennsylvania; the Hampton Branch, which went to Hampton's Central Railroad of New Jersey station in Hunterdon County; and the Phillipsburg Branch, which operated to Phillipsburg Union Station. Washington station contained a single large brick depot and multiple platforms.

Railroad service to Washington began with the opening of the Warren Railroad on May 27, 1856, between Delaware and Hampton. The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad took over operations the next year when they agreed to a perpetual lease.^[2] Service from the Morris and Essex Railroad joined in 1864, with an extension to Phillipsburg opening in 1865. The railroads built a new station depot in 1867 that would remain until 1900. On December 24, 1911, the Lackawanna Cut-Off opened between Slateford Junction, Pennsylvania and Port Morris, resulting in the station becoming part of a branch.^[12]^[13] Through the 1920s and 1940s, the Lackawanna started discontinuing passenger services. Passenger service between Washington and Hampton ended on March 20, 1926,^[5] and service to Phillipsburg ended on June 20, 1943. The former main line alignment stopped operations north of Washington on March 15, 1944. Service to Washington officially ended on September 30, 1966, when the line from Washington to Port Morris ended service as part of cuts made by the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad.^[3]

Washington station joined the National Register of Historic Places on July 3, 1979, as the Washington Railroad Station. The station was demolished in 1982.^[14]^[15]

Bibliography

Conley, Paul M. (1923). Pamphlet on Coal Mines and Mining. Charleston, West Virginia: American Constitutional Association.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 3.
^ ^a ^b Conley 1923, p. 33.
^ ^a ^b "Erie Curtailment Approved by Judiciary". The Morning Call. Paterson, New Jersey. October 1, 1966. p. 1. Retrieved April 19, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Davis, J.M. "Letter to the New York Chapter of the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society" (PDF). The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company. p. 8. Retrieved September 27, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Lackawanna to Abandon Passenger Service on Washington-Hampton Line". The Plainfield Courier-News. March 12, 1926. p. 19. Retrieved March 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lackawanna Railroad Timetables" (PDF). New York, New York: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. March 10, 1943. p. 4. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
^ "Lackawanna Railroad Timetables" (PDF). New York, New York: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. June 20, 1943. p. 4. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
^ "Lackawanna Railroad Timetables" (PDF). New York, New York: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. November 14, 1943. p. 14. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
^ "Lackawanna Railroad Timetables" (PDF). New York, New York: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. March 15, 1944. p. 14. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
^ "National Register Information System – (#79001532)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Warren County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. December 27, 2023. p. 11.
^ "Cut-Off to Reduce Train Schedule to New York Half Hour". The Binghamton Press. December 7, 1911. p. 3. Retrieved March 2, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Lackawanna's Cut-Off Benefit". The Wall Street Journal. March 2, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Willever, John W. (October 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Washington Railroad Station". National Park Service. With accompanying 3 photos.
^ "Washington, NJ – Then & Now". Garden State Model Railway Club. Archived from the original on October 7, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2010.

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Image of Washington, New Jersey Lackawanna station in 1953

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v t e National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, New Jersey
Districts	Asbury Historic District Beattystown Historic District Belvidere Historic District Blairstown Historic District Bowerstown Historic District Delaware Historic District Finesville–Seigletown Historic District Hope Historic District Imlaydale Historic District Johnsonburg Historic District Morris Canal Old Mine Road Historic District Oxford Industrial Historic District Phillipsburg Commercial Historic District Pleasant Valley Historic District Port Colden Historic District Port Murray Historic District
Places of worship	First Methodist Episcopal Church Mount Bethel Methodist Church St. James Lutheran Church and Cemetery St. Luke's Episcopal Church Spring Valley Christian Church Site
Houses	Jacob C. Allen House Hixson–Mixsell House George Hunt House Kennedy House and Mill Lander–Stewart Mansion and Stites Building Miller Farmstead Perry–Petty Farmstead Ramsaysburg Homestead John Richey House John Roseberry Homestead Seigle Homestead Shippen Manor Van Nest–Hoff–Vannatta Farmstead Vass Farmstead
Buildings	Allamuchy Freight House Blair Academy Centenary Collegiate Institute Fairview Schoolhouse Great Meadows station Hixson–Skinner Mill Complex Rutherfurd Hall Washington Railroad Station
Sites	Oxford Furnace
Structures	New Hampton Pony Pratt Truss Bridge Warrington Stone Bridge
See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Warren County, New Jersey and List of National Historic Landmarks in New Jersey

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