National Register of Historic Places

Hopewell Station

Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey
Listed
June 21, 1984
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
84002728

About this property

Hopewell station is located in Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The station was built in 1876. The head house has been on the state and federal registers of historic places since 1984 and was originally listed as part of the Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource. New Jersey Transit has proposed reopening the station to railroad service as part of the West Trenton Line. The Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad built the station in 1876 as part of the planned National Railway route between New York City and Washington, D.C. The station was leased by the Philadelphia and Reading Railway in 1879. Train service to the station was terminated in 1982. National Register of Historic Places listings in Mercer County, New Jersey Poor, Henry Varnum (1865). Manual of the Railroads of the United States: Volume 27. H.V. & H.W. Poor. Media related to Hopewell (D&BB station) at Wikimedia Commons

Location

Hopewell, Mercer County, New Jersey
40.39145, -74.76302

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Hopewell Station listed on the National Register?

Hopewell Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1984.

What type of historic resource is Hopewell Station?

Hopewell Station is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Hopewell Station?

The period of significance for Hopewell Station is recorded as the industrial era.

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