Washington station (New Jersey)

Former railway station in New Jersey, US

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  | Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | 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  |

Washington Railroad Station

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

New Jersey Register of Historic Places

The site of the former freight platform.

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Location| Railroad Avenue, Washington, New Jersey
Coordinates| 40°45′30″N 74°58′6″W﻿ / ﻿40.75833°N 74.96833°W﻿ / 40.75833; -74.96833
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]

## See also

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* National Register of Historic Places listings in Warren County, New Jersey
* Lackawanna Old Road
* Phillipsburg Union Station

## Bibliography

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

## References

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1. ^ a b c List of Station Numbers. Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (Report). 1952. p. 3.
2. ^ a b Conley 1923, p. 33.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ 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.
5. ^ 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.
6. ^ "Lackawanna Railroad Timetables" (PDF). New York, New York: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. March 10, 1943. p. 4. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
7. ^ "Lackawanna Railroad Timetables" (PDF). New York, New York: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. June 20, 1943. p. 4. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
8. ^ "Lackawanna Railroad Timetables" (PDF). New York, New York: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. November 14, 1943. p. 14. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
9. ^ "Lackawanna Railroad Timetables" (PDF). New York, New York: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. March 15, 1944. p. 14. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
10. ^ "National Register Information System – (#79001532)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
11. ^ "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.
12. ^ "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.
13. ^ "Lackawanna's Cut-Off Benefit". The Wall Street Journal. March 2, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2020 - via Newspapers.com.
14. ^ Willever, John W. (October 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Washington Railroad Station". National Park Service. With accompanying 3 photos.
15. ^ "Washington, NJ – Then & Now". Garden State Model Railway Club. Archived from the original on October 7, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2010.

## External links

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* Image of Washington, New Jersey Lackawanna station in 1953

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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad stations in New Jersey

Main Line|

* Hoboken Terminal
* Harrison
* Newark-Broad Street
* Roseville Avenue
* Grove Street
* East Orange
* Brick Church
* Orange
* Highland Avenue
* Mountain Station
* South Orange
* Maplewood
* Wyoming
* Millburn
* Short Hills
* Huntley
* Summit
* Chatham
* Madison
* Convent
* Morristown
* Morris Plains
* Mount Tabor
* Denville
* Dover
* Wharton
* Mount Arlington
* Lake Hopatcong
* Port Morris
* Greendell
* Johnsonburg
* Blairstown

| Rockaway Branch|

* Rockaway

|

Boonton Branch|

* Secaucus
* West Secaucus
* Kingsland
* Lyndhurst
* Delawanna
* Passaic
* Athenia
* Paterson
* West Paterson
* Totowa–Little Falls
* Mountain View
* Lincoln Park
* Towaco
* Montville
* Boonton
* Mountain Lakes
* Fox Hill

Chester Branch|

* Ironia
* Chester

Gladstone Branch|

* New Providence
* Murray Hill
* Berkeley Heights
* Gillette
* Stirling
* Millington
* Lyons
* Basking Ridge
* Bernardsville
* Mine Brook
* Far Hills
* Peapack
* Gladstone

Hampton Branch|

* Changewater
* Hampton

Montclair Branch|

* Ampere
* Watsessing Avenue
* Bloomfield
* Glen Ridge
* Montclair

Lackawanna Old Road|

* Netcong–Stanhope
* Waterloo
* Hackettstown
* Port Murray
* Washington
* Oxford Furnace
* Bridgeville
* Manunka Chunk
* Delaware

Phillipsburg Branch|

* New Village
* Stewartsville
* Phillipsburg

Sussex Branch|

* Cranberry Lake
* Andover
* Newton
* Branchville Junction
* Warbasse
* Lafayette
* Augusta
* Branchville

| Franklin Branch|

* Ackerson
* Sparta
* Monroe
* Franklin

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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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