White House
White House station in March 2017.
General information
Location	255 Main Street (CR 523),Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
Owned by	New Jersey Transit
Line(s)	Raritan Valley Line
Distance	44.3 miles (71.3 km) fromJersey City[1]
Platforms	1side platform
Tracks	1
Construction
Platform levels	1
Parking	Yes
Accessible	No
Other information
Fare zone	19[2]
History
Opened	September 25, 1848[3]
Rebuilt	1892[4]
Key dates
December 9, 1891	Station depot burned[5]
Passengers
2012	110 (average weekday)[6]
Services
Preceding station NJ Transit Following station Lebanon towardHigh Bridge Raritan Valley Line weekdays North Branch towardNew York Penn Station orHoboken
Former services Preceding station Central Railroad of New Jersey Following station Lebanon towardScranton Main Line North Branch towardJersey City
White House Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Location	Main Street,Whitehouse Station, New Jersey
Coordinates	40°36′56″N74°46′15″W / 40.61556°N 74.77083°W /40.61556; -74.77083
Area	0.3 acres (0.1 ha)
Built	1892
Architect	Bradford Lee Gilbert
Architectural style	Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
MPS	Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
NRHP reference No.	84002726[7]
NJRHP No.	1628[8]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 22, 1984
Designated NJRHP	March 17, 1984

White House is aNJ Transit railroad station on theRaritan Valley Line, in theWhitehouse Station section ofReadington inHunterdon County, New Jersey. The station is on the west side of Main Street in the center and the station building has subsequently been turned into a branch library for the Hunterdon County Library system. This station has no weekend service.

The building was designed for theCentral Railroad of New Jersey in theRichardson Romanesque style byBradford Gilbert who is best known for having designed the first steel-framed curtain wall building, but who also designed at least six railroad stations. It was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1984 for its significance in architecture and part in theOperating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource.^[7]

The station has a single low-level asphaltside platform. The platform is 201 feet (61 m) long and accommodates two cars.^[9]

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
• Operating Passenger Railroad Stations Thematic Resource (New Jersey)

• Bernhart, Benjamin L. (2004).Historic Journeys By Rail: Central Railroad of New Jersey Stations, Structures & Marine Equipment. Outer Station Project.ISBN 1891402072.
• Readington Township Historic Preservation and Reading Township Museum Committee (2008).Images of America: Readington Township.Arcadia Publishing.ISBN 9780738556796.

• Media related toWhite House (NJT station) at Wikimedia Commons
• http://bradfordleegilbert.com/slides/Whitehouse_index.html

• world.nycsubway.org - NJT Raritan Line
• Station and Station House from Main Street from Google Maps Street View

• NJ Transit Rail Operations stations
• Railway stations in the United States opened in 1848
• Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
• Readington Township, New Jersey
• Former Central Railroad of New Jersey stations
• Railway stations in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
• National Register of Historic Places in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
• New Jersey Register of Historic Places
• 1848 establishments in New Jersey

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