Mauch Chunk station (Central Railroad of New Jersey)

Mauch Chunk

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

Connections

Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway

Construction

Structure type

Railroad Station

Platform levels

Parking

Yes

Accessible

History

Opened

1888, re-opened 1983

Closed

1976

Rebuilt

Electrified

Former services

Preceding station	Central Railroad of New Jersey			Following station
Wilkes-Barre toward Scranton		Main Line		Allentown toward Jersey City
Penn Haven Junction toward Scranton		Main Line		Lehighton toward Jersey City

Central Railroad of New Jersey Station

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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.

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References

^ ^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

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

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