Maywood Station Museum

Maywood
Facing the bay window at Maywood Station in the late fall 2010.
Station statistics
Address	269 Maywood Avenue, Maywood, New Jersey
Lines	New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad Main Line (until 1966)
Levels	1
Platforms	1 side platforms
Tracks	2 New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad
Other information
Opened	1872
Closed	1966
Rebuilt	2002 (restoration)
Electrified	Not electrified
Code	1093[1]
Owned by	New Jersey Midland Railroad (1872–1896) New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (1896–1966) Maywood Station Historic Committee (2002–present)
Maywood Railroad Station U.S. National Register of Historic Places New Jersey Register of Historic Places Maywood Station Museum Location: Maywood, New Jersey Coordinates: 40°53′46″N 74°3′58″W / 40.89611°N 74.06611°W / 40.89611; -74.06611Coordinates: 40°53′46″N 74°3′58″W / 40.89611°N 74.06611°W / 40.89611; -74.06611 Built: 1872 Architectural style: Gothic Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 03000487[2] NJRHP #: 4016[3] Significant dates Added to NRHP: May 29, 2003 Designated NJRHP: February 18, 2003

The Maywood Station Museum is located in the 1872-built New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway station in Maywood, New Jersey, United States. The station underwent an extensive restoration by the volunteer, 501(C)3 non-profit Maywood Station Historical Committee beginning in July 2002 and officially opened as a museum in September 2004. Maywood Station is listed on the New Jersey Register of Historical Places, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 (as Building #03000487).^[4] In addition, the Maywood Station Museum is listed as a Historical Archive by the State of New Jersey.

The museum is open to the public periodically throughout the year. It also open by appointment for class trips, boys and girls scout trips, senior citizen trips and for other organizations and clubs as well as can be contracted for movie and television filming, commercial props, photo shoots, etc.

The museum is operated and staffed by the volunteer membership of the Maywood Station Historical Committee. The main focus of the museum is concentrated on the history of Maywood Station and the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad and the roles they played in the development of the Borough of Maywood and the surrounding area. The museum collection contains hundreds of photographs, displays, documents, maps and artifacts covering the histories of Maywood Station, the NYS&W and local railroads, the Borough of Maywood, and the local region, which are changed periodically and designed to entertain and educate visitors of all ages as well as offer a virtual timeline to these subjects. Maywood Station Museum is also the official site of the New York, Susquehanna & Western Technical & Historical Society's archive, which contains thousands of drawings, maps, track diagrams, photos, timetables, documents and records covering the history of the New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad.

For those interested in historical buildings, meticulous care has been taken by the Maywood Station Historical Committee to show the museum in a historical context. The museum features the original woodwork painted and stained in its original colors and original Maywood Station furnishings have been restored and displayed such as the potbelly stove, station agent's desk, chairs, telegraph keys and freight scale. Victorian-period original light fixtures and sconces adorn the ceilings and walls. Additional items have been painstakingly reproduced to the exact original specifications of over one-hundred years ago including the station benches and bay window area.

The Maywood Station Museum collection includes a former Penn Central/Conrail N-12 class caboose, which was restored by Maywood Station Historical Committee members. Visitors to the Maywood Station Museum are invited to come aboard Caboose 24542 and view additional displays and an operating model train layout. The Maywood Station Museum collection also includes original New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad ALCO Type S-2 Locomotive #206, which has also been restored by Maywood Station Historical Committee members. On September 10, 2009, NYS&W S-2 #206 was placed on the State of New Jersey Register of Historical Places. The locomotive was placed onto the National Register of Historical Places on March 19, 2010.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Bergen County, New Jersey
• New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway

References

1. ^ "List of Station Names and Numbers". Jersey City, New Jersey: Erie Railroad. May 1, 1916. http://www.jon-n-bevliles.net/RAILROAD/erie_docs/erie-losn16.html. Retrieved November 23, 2010. 
2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
3. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Bergen County". NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office. July 7, 2009. p. 19. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/bergen.pdf. Retrieved February 25, 2010. 
4. ^ NEW JERSEY - Bergen County, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed March 11, 2008.

5. Kaminski, Edward S. (2010). Maywood - The Borough, The Railroad, and The Station. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-07385-7234-5.

6. Kaminski, Edward S. (2010). New York, Susquehanna & Western Railroad in New Jersey. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-07385-7367-0.

External links

• Google Street View of Maywood Station Museum
• Maywood Station Museum
• New York, Susquehanna & Western Technical & Historical Society, Inc.
• of Maywood, New Jersey
• New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway Corp.
• Maywood Station Historical Committee
• Pictures of Maywood Station Museum