White House station

White House
White House station in March 2017.
Location 250 Main Street ( CR 523)
Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889
Owned by New Jersey Transit
Line(s)
  Raritan Valley Line
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Construction
Platform levels 1
Parking Yes
Other information
Fare zone 19[1]
History
Opened 1849[2]
Rebuilt 1892[3]
Traffic
Passengers (2012) 110 (average weekday)[4]
Services
Preceding station   NJ Transit Rail   Following station
toward High Bridge
Raritan Valley Line
  Former services  
Preceding station   Central Railroad of New Jersey   Following station
toward Scranton
Main Line
toward Communipaw
White House Station
Whitehouse Station
Location Main Street, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, United States
Coordinates 40°36′56″N 74°46′15″W / 40.61556°N 74.77083°W / 40.61556; -74.77083Coordinates: 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 # 84002726[5]
Added to NRHP June 22, 1984

White House is a NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in the Whitehouse Station section Readington in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. 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 limited weekday service and 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.

Station layout

The station has a single low-level asphalt side platform.

Ground/
platform level
Track 1 ← Raritan Valley Line limited service toward High Bridge (Lebanon)
Raritan Valley Line limited service toward Newark – Penn or New York (North Branch) →
Side platform, doors will open on the left or right
Street level Parking

See also

Bibliography

  • 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

  1. ↑ "Raritan Valley Line Timetables" (PDF). Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Transit Rail Operations. November 7, 2010. Retrieved November 27, 2010.
  2. ↑ Readington Township Historic Preservation and Reading Township Museum Committee 2008, p. 103.
  3. ↑ Bernhart 2004, p. 69.
  4. ↑ "QUARTERLY RIDERSHIP TRENDS ANALYSIS". New Jersey Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2012. Retrieved December 31, 2012.
  5. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.

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