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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1837/10/02 Morris and Essex Railroad extend their steam train service to South Orange.
1916/00/00 Frank J Nies Architect South Orange train station is rebuilt during a program to elevate the tracks.
1916/00/00 Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad Owner South Orange train station is rebuilt during a program to elevate the tracks.
1930/09/03 Thomas Edison Engineer Thomas Edison pilots a Lackawanna Railroad electric train from Hoboken Terminal to South Orange Station. The Lackawanna Railroad was a predecessor of New Jersey Transit. Invention of Electric Railway

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Particulars for South Orange Station:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Criteria Exemplar
Area of Significance Railroad
Historic Use Railway Station
Architectural Style Renaissance Revival
Owner State
Area of Significance Transportation



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 22nd June 1984

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: South Orange Station
Registry Address: 19 Sloan St.
Registry Number: 84002669
Resource Type: Building
Theme Group: Operating Passenger Railroad Stations TR
Owner: State
Architect: Nies,Frank J.
Architectural Style: Renaissance
Area in Acres: 1
Contributing Buildings: 1
Contributing Structures: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Transportation, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Event, Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1916
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Rail-related
Current Function: Transportation
Current Sub-Function: Rail-related

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