Name/Title
Short Hills Train Station, Park View, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
2011.004.006Description
Photograph of the Short Hills Train Station as seen from the park. Verso contains photograph of the station with train approaching. This station was built by Stewart W. Hartshorn as an inducement to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad to have commuter trains stop at this new village. Upon the railroad's promise to stop 2 trains daily, he provided the land and spent $2,500 to build the station. Hartshorn also hired and paid a station master and maintained the station for many years. When Hartshorn built the station, he had the railroad agree that underpasses should be constructed so as to eliminate three grade crossings and furnished the necessary land. On July 2, 1892, the original depot was deeded to the railroad and remained in use until February 1907, when it was demolished to make way for a new station.Acquisition
Accession
2011.004Source or Donor
Lynne Ranieri
