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White House station

White House
White House station in March 2017.
General information
Location	255 Main Street (CR 523), Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Raritan Valley Line
Platforms	1side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	Yes
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	19[1]
History
Opened	September 25, 1848[2]
Rebuilt	1892[3]
Key dates
December 9, 1891	Station depot burned[4]
Passengers
2012	110 (average weekday)[5]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Lebanon toward High Bridge Raritan Valley Line weekdays North Branch toward New YorkorHoboken
Former services Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station Lebanon toward Scranton Main Line North Branch toward Jersey City
White House Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location	Main Street, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°36′56″N 74°46′15″W / 40.61556°N 74.77083°W / 40.61556; -74.77083
Area	0.3 acres (0.1 ha)
Built	1892
Architect	Bradford Lee Gilbert
Architectural style	Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002726[6]
NJRHP No.	1628[7]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP	March 17, 1984

White House is a NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in the Whitehouse Station section of ReadingtoninHunterdon 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.^[6]

Station layout[edit]

The station has a single low-level asphalt side platform. The platform is 201 feet (61 m) long and accommodates two cars.^[8]

See also[edit]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
• Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)

Bibliography[edit]

• Bernhart, Benjamin L. (2004). Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project. ISBN 1891402072.
• Readington Township Historic Preservation and Reading Township Museum Committee (2008). Images of America: Readington Township. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738556796.

References[edit]

1. ^ "Raritan Valley Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2010.

^ "Original Route of New Jersey Central Railroad Followed Old Post Road Between Plainfield and Elizabethport, Historian Says". The Plainfield Courier-News. December 31, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved April 13, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

^ "A Railroad Station Burned Down". The Daily Times. New Brunswick, New Jersey. December 10, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 17, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

External links[edit]

• Media related to White House (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons
• http://bradfordleegilbert.com/slides/Whitehouse_index.html

• world.nycsubway.org - NJT Raritan Line
• Station and Station House from Main Street from Google Maps Street View