Name/Title
Railroad: Short Hills Train Station, 1879Entry/Object ID
1976.002.071Description
Built and maintained by Stewart Hartshorn in 1879. By 1880, he had two trains a day coming through the station. This station was built by Stewart W. Hartshorn in 1879 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.Collection
Centennial CollectionAcquisition
Accession
1976.002Source or Donor
Township of MillburnAcquisition Method
GiftReproductions
Notes
Item, Volume 1, #3, May 1888.