Port Jervis station (Erie Railroad)

For the current Metro-North station in Port Jervis, see Port Jervis station.

Port Jervis
Port Jervis station trackside in August 2011.
General information
Location13-19 Jersey Avenue, Port Jervis, New York 12771
LineMain Line
Platforms1 side platform
Other information
Station code2677[1]
History
OpenedDecember 31, 1847[2]
ClosedNovember 17, 1974[3]
Rebuilt1850;[4] July 8, 1889;[4] 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′20″N 74°41′30″W / 41.37222°N 74.69167°W / 41.37222; -74.69167
Built1892
ArchitectGrattan & Jennings
Architectural styleQueen Anne
NRHP reference No.80002739[5]
Added to NRHPApril 11, 1980
Location
Map

Port Jervis station is a defunct commuter railroad station in the eponymous city of Port Jervis, Orange County, New York. Located at Jersey Avenue in Port Jervis, the station serviced trains of the Erie Railroad on its main line and its successor, the Erie Lackawanna Railroad. Port Jervis served as the de facto northern termius of service on the New York Division of the main line, which continued into Sparrowbush before becoming the Delaware Division.[6] Port Jervis station consisted of a single low-level side platform next to a Queen Anne style station depot built in 1892.

Railroad service began on December 31, 1847 when the first train of the New York and Lake Erie Railroad arrived at 11:45 p.m. from Piermont, New York. The railroad opened its first station depot at Port Jervis in 1850 at the grade crossing of Pike Street (U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 209). This was replaced by a new station in 1889 on Jersey Avenue, but the depot burned on December 26, 1890 after issues with the electrical wiring.[7] The Erie Railroad replaced the burned depot with the current structure, designed by architects Grattan and Jennings, which opened on February 6, 1892. The railroad served the growth of Port Jervis, with numerous hotels and factories converging on the city with the railroad. The railroad also maintained a large amount of local workers between Port Jervis and nearby Matamoras, Pennsylvania, helping at the shops and roundhouse.[2]

With the merger of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad on October 17, 1960, the benefit of Port Jervis as a yard weakened. The Erie Lackawanna Railroad closed the station depot at Port Jervis on November 17, 1974.[3] The station depot was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 11, 1980.[5]

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. ^ a b c "Over 400 Back Erie Station". The Pike County Dispatch. October 20, 1977. p. 1. Retrieved February 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Eyesores". Times Herald Record. Middletown, New York. January 21, 1977. p. 10. Retrieved February 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b Osterberg 2002, p. 16.
  5. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  6. ^ "Erie Railroad Company Eastern District Time Table No. 31, Effective 2:01 A. M. Sunday April 28, 1946 For Employees Only". jon-n-bevliles.net. Erie Railroad. April 28, 1946. Retrieved February 15, 2026.
  7. ^ "Port Jervis Erie Depot Burned". Buffalo Evening News. December 26, 1890. p. 1. Retrieved February 15, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
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