Scranton station (Central Railroad of New Jersey)

Scranton
Central Railroad of New Jersey Station
Vacant station building in 2007
Location	602 West Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, PA
Tracks	2
Construction
Disabled access	No
Electrified	No
Services
No services   Former services   Preceding station   Central Railroad of New Jersey   Following station Terminus Central Railroad of New Jersey Wilkes-Barre toward Jersey City
Central Railroad of New Jersey Freight Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates	41°24′42″N 75°40′16″W / 41.41167°N 75.67111°WCoordinates: 41°24′42″N 75°40′16″W / 41.41167°N 75.67111°W
Built	1891
Architect	Wilson Bros.
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP Reference #	79002250[1]
Added to NRHP	1979

The Central Railroad of New Jersey Freight Station in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States was the western terminus of the Central Railroad of New Jersey line, 192 miles (309 km) from its base of operations in Jersey City, New Jersey. It is located on West Lackawanna Avenue over the Lackawanna River from downtown Scranton, near Steamtown National Historic Site.

Built in 1891 in a Romanesque Revival style, it was at first an unusual instance of a freight terminal being more visually striking than its corresponding passenger terminal. When the railroad shut down its Pennsylvania operations in 1972 during bankruptcy proceedings, the terminal was closed by the Lehigh Valley Railroad, which took them over, and has remained unused since that time.^[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

See also

• Wilson Brothers & Company
• List of stations on the Central Railroad of New Jersey

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes John T. Cognetti (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Central Railroad of New Jersey Freight Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-02.

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