Hopewell Station
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Hopewell Station | |
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Hopewell Station in 2013. | |
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| Location | Railroad Place, Hopewell, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°23′29″N 74°45′48″W / 40.39139°N 74.76333°WCoordinates: 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 |
| Governing body | State |
| MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR |
| NRHP Reference # | 84002728[1] |
| NJRHP # | 1673[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 |
| Designated NJRHP | March 17, 1984 |
Hopewell Station is located in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The station was built in 1876 by the Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad and added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1984. New Jersey Transit has proposed reopening the station to railroad service as part of the West Trenton Line.
History
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 1983.
Image Gallery
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The passenger train station of Hopewell, NJ, which has not been used as a passenger station since 1982. It has an office on the second floor and what may be in use as meeting or catering rooms downstairs.
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This is the passenger station's waiting room, complete with vintage stove and seating. It is smaller than the main room, which may have been the station office in the old days.
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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.
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The waiting room of the Hopewell passenger station, complete with vintage stove.
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Hopewell Station in 2007.
See also
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Mercer County". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. January 10, 2010. p. 12. Retrieved April 7, 2010.
Media related to Hopewell (D&BB station) at Wikimedia Commons
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