White House station
White House | |||||||||||||
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White House station in March 2017. | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Location | 255 Main Street (CR 523), Whitehouse Station, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | New Jersey Transit | ||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Raritan Valley Line | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 44.3 miles (71.3 km) from Jersey City | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 side platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 19 | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | September 25, 1848 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1892 | ||||||||||||
| Key dates | |||||||||||||
| December 9, 1891 | Station depot burned | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | 50 (average weekday) | ||||||||||||
| Services | |||||||||||||
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White House Station | |||||||||||||
| Location | Main Street, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°36′56″N 74°46′15″W / 40.61556°N 74.77083°W | ||||||||||||
| 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 No. | 84002726 | ||||||||||||
| NJRHP No. | 1628 | ||||||||||||
| Significant dates | |||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | June 22, 1984 | ||||||||||||
| Designated NJRHP | March 17, 1984 | ||||||||||||
White House is a NJ Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in the Whitehouse Station section of Readington in Hunterdon County, New Jersey. 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 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 for its significance in architecture and part in the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.