Ocean City 34th Street Station

Ocean City 34th Street Station
A motel, adjacent to the former location of the train station.
Location Haven Avenue near 34th Street, Ocean City, New Jersey
Coordinates 39°15′6″N 74°36′49″W / 39.25167°N 74.61361°WCoordinates: 39°15′6″N 74°36′49″W / 39.25167°N 74.61361°W
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built 1885
Architectural style Stick/Eastlake
Governing body State
MPS Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP Reference # 84002613[1]
NJRHP # 1011[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP March 17, 1984

Ocean City 34th Street Station, was located in Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. The station — a small wooden shelter with bench seating for a few passengers, located just south of 34th Street next to a rail line running down the middle of Haven Avenue — was built in 1885 by the Ocean City Railroad, which was acquired by the Atlantic City Railroad in 1901, and later by the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. Trains last served the station in August 1981, when service was cancelled due to poor track conditions and limited funding from the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[3]

The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1984.[4] It was subsequently damaged beyond repair when a truck backed into it, and thus demolished.

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Cape May County". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. July 7, 2009. p. 19. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
  3. ↑ Schwieterman, Joseph P. (2001). When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment, Eastern United States. Kirksville, MO: Truman State University Press. pp. 193–197. ISBN 0943549973. OCLC 702179808.
  4. ↑ New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places, Cape May County p. 6