The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Water Gap Station is located in Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Service to Delaware Water Gap along what became known as the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad started on May 13, 1856.[4] The station structure was designed by architect Frank J. Nies and built in 1903. It consists of two separate one-story brick buildings, a station house and freight house, joined by a common concrete platform and slate covered hipped roof. It is reflective of the Late Victorian style. The station closed to passenger service in March 1953, and was sold to the Borough in 1958.[5] It is said to sit just outside Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area,[6] though it appears within the area's boundary on maps.
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 The Delaware Water Gap station in 2014 from Interstate 80. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | End of Oak Street near Interstate 80, Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania 18327 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 77[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | May 13, 1856 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | c. March 1953[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Water Gap Station | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Waring Drive, Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°58′56″N 75°8′12″W / 40.98222°N 75.13667°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1903 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Nies, Frank, J. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Late Victorian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 02001431[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | November 27, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 27, 2002.[3]
See also
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edit- ^ "List of Station Numbers". Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad. 1952. p. 1. Retrieved June 2, 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "PUC Orders Water Gap Railroad Station Closed". The Pocono Record. March 7, 1953. p. 1. Retrieved February 27, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Welcome Back to the Delaware, DL&W Railroad!" (pdf). Spanning the Gap. Vol. 25, no. 2. Summer 2003. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-03-24. Note: This includes Christopher Barbieri (June 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-03-24.
- ^ "The Railroads - Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area". www.nps.gov. U.S. National Park Service. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
