- Lackawanna Terminal (Montclair, New Jersey)
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Montclair Railroad Station
Location: Lackawanna Plaza, Montclair, New Jersey Coordinates: 40°48′41″N 74°12′48″W / 40.81139°N 74.21333°WCoordinates: 40°48′41″N 74°12′48″W / 40.81139°N 74.21333°W Area: 1 acre (0.40 ha) Built: 1913 Architect: William Hull Botsford Architectural style: Grecian-Doric Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 73001092[1] NJRHP #: 1155[2] Significant dates Added to NRHP: January 8, 1973 Designated NJRHP: August 7, 1972 Lacawanna Terminal is a small shopping mall in Montclair, New Jersey originally built as a railroad station in 1913 on the Montclair Branch of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad.[3] The station building was built of brick, and followed a Grecian-Doric style of architecture. The station had six tracks, and electric service began in 1930. It and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 8, 1973.
The station closed in 1981, and was replaced by the Bay Street station two blocks to the east as the first stage of the building of the Montclair Connection, forming the modern Montclair-Boonton Line. The building was then converted into its current form.
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- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Essex County". NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office. January 10, 2010. p. 3. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/essex.pdf. Retrieved May 13, 2010.
- ^ "MONTCLAIR JOYOUS IN NEW TERMINAL; Lackawanna and Other Railroad Officials Hear Praise for Company on Opening Day", The New York Times: 11, June 29, 1913, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F04E7DD113BE633A2575AC2A9609C946296D6CF, retrieved May 19, 2010
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