Ocean City 34th Street Station
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 A motel, adjacent to the former location of the train station. | |||||||||||
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| Line(s) | Seashore Line | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Closed | August 13, 1981[1] | ||||||||||
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Ocean City 34th Street Station | |||||||||||
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| Location | Haven Avenue near 34th Street, Ocean City, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 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 | ||||||||||
| MPS | Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR | ||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 84002613[2] | ||||||||||
| NJRHP No. | 1011[3] | ||||||||||
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| 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.[4]
The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1984.[5] It was subsequently damaged beyond repair when a truck backed into it, and thus demolished.
See also[edit]
- Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Cape May County, New Jersey
- Ocean City Tenth Street Station
References[edit]
- ^ "Stations". seashorelines.org. Cape May Seashore Lines. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Cape May County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. July 7, 2009. p. 19. Retrieved March 24, 2010. [dead link]
- ^ Schwieterman, Joseph P. (2001). When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment, Eastern United States. Kirksville, Missouri: Truman State University Press. pp. 193–197. ISBN 978-0-943549-97-2.
- ^ New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places, Cape May County Archived 2011-06-28 at the Wayback Machine p. 6
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