Port Jervis station (Erie Railroad)

The Port Jervis station is a disused train station at the corner of Jersey Avenue and Fowler Street in Port Jervis, New York. It was built in 1892 as a passenger station for the Erie Railroad by Grattan & Jennings in the Queen Anne style. For years it was the busiest passenger station on the railroad's Delaware Branch because Port Jervis is along the Delaware River near the tripoint of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The long-distance passenger trains Erie Limited and the Lake Cities between Chicago and Hoboken served this station.[5]

For the current Metro-North station in Port Jervis, see Port Jervis station.
Port Jervis
Port Jervis station in August 2011
General information
Location13-19 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis, New York 12771
Line(s)Main Line
Platforms1 side platform
Other information
Station code2677 (Erie Railroad)[1]
History
OpenedDecember 31, 1847[2]
Closed1974[3]
Rebuilt1850;[3] July 8, 1889;[3] February 6, 1892[2]
Former services
Preceding station Erie Railroad Following station
Sparrowbush
toward Chicago
 Main Line Graham
toward Jersey City
Erie Railroad Station
Port Jervis station (Erie Railroad) is located in New York
Port Jervis station (Erie Railroad)
Port Jervis station (Erie Railroad) is located in the United States
Port Jervis station (Erie Railroad)
Coordinates41°22′18″N 74°41′28″W
Built1892
ArchitectGrattan & Jennings
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.80002739[4]
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1980

The decline in passenger rail traffic in the mid-20th century, after many people had switched to automobile travel on the federally subsidized highways, resulted in the termination of passenger service between Port Jervis and Binghamton in 1970. Local commuter service to Hoboken was taken over by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Metro-North Railroad shortly thereafter. Rather than using the Erie Depot, Metro-North built a minimalist station of its own. It had a parking lot for passengers' cars, a shelter, and a street-level concrete platform.

The original station declined in condition (along with the city). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as the Erie Railroad Station. Since then it has been renovated. It houses several small shops on the street side.

See also

Bibliography
  • Osterberg, Matthew (2002). Images of America: Port Jervis. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738509006.

References
  1. "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
  2. "Over 400 Back Erie Station". The Pike County Dispatch. October 20, 1977. p. 1. Retrieved February 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  3. Osterberg 2002, p. 16.
  4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  5. Malcolm A. Booth and Lawrence E. Gobrecht (December 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Erie Railroad Station". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-23. See also: "Accompanying nine photos".
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