Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad Station (Central Railroad of New Jersey Station)

Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad Station (Central Railroad of New Jersey Station)

Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad Station (Central Railroad of New Jersey Station) Photo by William E. Fischer, Jr.
renovated 2022 renovated 2022
1868, attributed to Sidney and Merry. 33 S. Wilkes-Barre Blvd.

This last vestige of Wilkes-Barre's railroad era is a picturesquely massed Italianate brick depot. Its cupola-topped roofline resembles that of the contemporary Wyoming Valley House (c. 1868, demolished), once Wilkes-Barre's principal hotel, suggesting that the same Philadelphia-based architects handled the design. The station has suffered numerous renovations.

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