Independence Township in Hackettstown in Warren County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Allamuch Freight House
Photographed by Raymond Siwek, January 18, 2021
1. Allamuch Freight House Marker
Inscription.
Allamuch Freight House. . The Lehigh and Hudson River Railroad was the smallest of the anthracite coal railroads that proliferated the Northeast. In 1886, the L&HR built a passenger station at this site. A freight house was added in 1906 to service the busy farmers and is now a National and State Historic Landmark. There was also a creamery here that contributed the line's extensive dairy trade into New York. The passenger station was sold in 1934, but the freight depot continued service through the 1960's. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's private train parked at this location in September 1944 while he visited his friend widow Lucy Mercer Rutherford at her home, Rutherford Hall, located along the shore of Allamuchy Pond. The railroad right-of-way from Andover to Phillipsburg, NJ has been preserved for a future Rails-to-Trail through beautiful Warren Country.
The Lehigh & Hudson River Railroad was the smallest of the anthracite coal railroads that proliferated the Northeast. In 1886, the L&HR built a passenger station at this site. A freight house was added in 1906 to service the busy farmers and is now a National and State Historic Landmark. There was also a creamery here that contributed the line's extensive dairy trade into New York. The passenger station was sold in 1934, but the freight depot continued service through the 1960's. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's private train parked at this location in September 1944 while he visited his friend widow Lucy Mercer Rutherford at her home, Rutherford Hall, located along the shore of Allamuchy Pond. The railroad right-of-way from Andover to Phillipsburg, NJ has been preserved for a future Rails-to-Trail through beautiful Warren Country.
Location. 40° 55.913′ N, 74° 49.232′ W. Marker is in Hackettstown, New Jersey,
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in Warren County. It is in Independence Township. It is on Johnsonburg Road (County Route 612), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 78 Johnsonburg Rd, Hackettstown NJ 07840, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in New Jersey’s North Jersey. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Credits. This page was last revised on August 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 21, 2021, by Raymond Siwek of Morristown, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,352 times since then and 322 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 21, 2021, by Raymond Siwek of Morristown, New Jersey. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
