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. 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.

Erected by Allamuchy Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Railroads & Streetcars.

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 North Jersey.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Rutherfurd Hall (approx. 1.2 miles away); Christopher Columbus Memorial Highway (approx. 1.6 miles away); Famous Milestone (approx. 2 miles away); Greendell Station (approx. 3 miles away); Dark Moon Archaeological Site (approx. 3.6 miles away); Waterloo, A Canal Town (approx. 3.6 miles away); Let This Tablet Honor Them and All Who Live For the Good of the Community (approx. 3.6 miles away); The Morris Canal 1824-1924 (approx. 3.6

Photographed by Raymond Siwek, January 18, 2021

2. Allamuch Freight House Marker

miles away).

Photographed by Raymond Siwek, January 18, 2021

3. Allamuch Freight House Marker

Photographed by Raymond Siwek, January 18, 2021

4. Allamuch Freight House Marker

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 1,381 times since then and 351 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.