Ocean City 34th Street Station

34th Street
A motel, adjacent to the former location of the train station.
General information
Line(s)Seashore Line
History
ClosedAugust 13, 1981[1]
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines Following station
Ocean City 51st Street
toward Tuckahoe
 ACRR Ocean City Branch Ocean City 14th Street
toward Ocean City Gardens
Ocean City 34th Street Station
Photo from 1978
Ocean City 34th Street Station is located in Cape May County, New Jersey
Ocean City 34th Street Station
Ocean City 34th Street Station is located in New Jersey
Ocean City 34th Street Station
Ocean City 34th Street Station is located in the United States
Ocean City 34th Street Station
LocationHaven Avenue near 34th Street, Ocean City, New Jersey
Coordinates39°15′6″N 74°36′49″W / 39.25167°N 74.61361°W / 39.25167; -74.61361
Builtc. 1885
Architectural styleStick/Eastlake
MPSOperating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.84002613[2]
NJRHP No.1011[3]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 22, 1984
Designated NJRHPMarch 17, 1984

The Ocean City 34th Street Station was located in Ocean City, Cape May County, New Jersey, United States. The station — a small wooden shelter with bench seating for a few passengers, located just south of 34th Street next to a rail line running down the middle of Haven Avenue — was built around 1885 by the Ocean City Railroad, which was acquired by the Atlantic City Railroad in 1901, and later by the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. Trains last served the station in August 1981, when service was cancelled due to poor track conditions and limited funding from the New Jersey Department of Transportation.[4]

The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1984, for its significance in architecture and transportation.[2][5] It was subsequently damaged beyond repair when a truck backed into it, and thus demolished.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Stations". seashorelines.org. Cape May Seashore Lines. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#84002613)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places – Cape May County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection – Historic Preservation Office. March 25, 2024. p. 8. Demolished
  4. ^ Schwieterman, Joseph P. (2001). When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment, Eastern United States. Kirksville, Missouri: Truman State University Press. pp. 193–197. ISBN 978-0-943549-97-2.
  5. ^ Meyer, Richard (July 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ocean City 34th Street Station". National Park Service. With accompanying photo