Demarest station
Demarest | |||||||||||
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 The former Demarest station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | 38 Park Street, Demarest, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Northern Railroad of New Jersey (1859–1942) Erie Railroad (1942–1960) Erie Lackawanna Railway (1960–1976) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Erie Railroad Northern Branch | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
| Other information | |||||||||||
| Station code | 1924[1] | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | May 26, 1859[2] | ||||||||||
| Closed | September 30, 1966[3] | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1872[4] | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
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Demarest Railroad Depot | |||||||||||
 Demarest station in December 2014. | |||||||||||
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| Location | 38 Park Street, Demarest, New Jersey | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°57′24″N 73°57′48″W / 40.95667°N 73.96333°W | ||||||||||
| Area | 0.2 acres (0.08 ha) | ||||||||||
| Built | 1872 | ||||||||||
| Architect | J. Cleaveland Cady | ||||||||||
| Architectural style | Romanesque | ||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 04000671[5] | ||||||||||
| NJRHP No. | 3560[6] | ||||||||||
| Significant dates | |||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | July 7, 2004 | ||||||||||
| Designated NJRHP | May 13, 2004 | ||||||||||
Demarest station is located in Demarest, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The station's depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 7, 2004.
History
The station was designed by architect J. Cleaveland Cady and built in 1872 on the Northern Railroad of New Jersey line. The station was named after State Senator Ralph S. Demarest, who was a director of the railroad and owned the land that the station was built upon. The borough of Demarest took the name when incorporated in 1903.[7][8] The depot was purchased by the borough of Demarest in 1977 and is used as a senior center. The Demarest Historical Society also uses the depot.
The depot is currently undergoing the final stage of a renovation that started in 2002.[9]
Passenger service for the station ended in 1966. The rail line is no longer in use.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey
- Englewood station (Erie Railroad)
- Tenafly station, a NRHP-listed station along the line
- Timeline of Jersey City, New Jersey-area railroads
- Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource
- List of NJ Transit railroad stations
References
- ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved January 14, 2011.
- ^ "Closter History Goes Back to 17th Century". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. May 18, 1954. p. 16. Retrieved December 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ O'Donnell, Maureen (October 1, 1966). "Erie's 1205 Goes for Last Trip". The Bergen Evening Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. pp. A1–A2. Retrieved December 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page, Jeffrey (October 2, 2014). "Demarest and its Station Are Tribute to a Dreamer". The Bergen Record. Hackensack, New Jersey. pp. BL1, BL8. Retrieved December 29, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Bergen County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. January 6, 2010. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 30, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ^ "Demarest Railroad Station". Historical Marker Database. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
- ^ Page, Jeffrey (October 2, 2014). "The name-Dropper: Demarest Railroad Station". The Record. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016.
- ^ "Demarest repurposes its train station". The Record. March 27, 2010. Archived from the original on March 29, 2010. Retrieved March 27, 2010.
