Mauch Chunk station (Central Railroad of New Jersey)
Mauch Chunk | |||||||||||||
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| Central Railroad of New Jersey station | |||||||||||||
 Central Railroad of New Jersey station | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 1 Susquehanna Street, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°51′46″N 75°44′19″W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Central Railroad of New Jersey: Lehigh and Susquehanna Division | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections | Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Structure type | Railroad Station | ||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | 1888, re-opened 1983 | ||||||||||||
| Closed | 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | No | ||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||||
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Central Railroad of New Jersey Station | |||||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 40°51′46″N 75°44′19″W / 40.86278°N 75.73861°W | ||||||||||||
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) | ||||||||||||
| Built | 1888 | ||||||||||||
| Architect | Wilson Brothers & Company Neast & Co. | ||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Queen Anne | ||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 76001615[1] | ||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | January 1, 1976 | ||||||||||||
The Central Railroad of New Jersey Station, also known as the Jersey Central Station and Jim Thorpe Station, is a historic railroad station located at Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by Wilson Brothers & Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and built in 1888 by the Central Railroad of New Jersey. It is a 1+1⁄2-story, five-bay, red brick building in the Queen Anne style. It features a 3+1⁄2-story, cylindrical corner tower with a cylindrical roof. It is owned by the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway and served as a visitor center.[2] The station was one of two serving the community; the Lehigh Valley Railroad had a station on the opposite side of the river.
The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 1, 1976.[1] It is located in the Old Mauch Chunk Historic District. Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway operates passenger excursions out of the station.
See also
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[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes David M. Berman (1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Central Railroad of New Jersey Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-10-30.
External links
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Media related to Central Railroad of New Jersey Station (Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania) at Wikimedia Commons- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-170, "Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jim Thorpe Station, Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, PA", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
- Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Queen Anne architecture in Pennsylvania
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1888
- Former Central Railroad of New Jersey stations
- Buildings and structures in Carbon County, Pennsylvania
- Transportation in Carbon County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Carbon County, Pennsylvania
- Railway stations closed in 1976