Lackawanna Terminal On ‘Most Endangered NJ Historic Places’ List

MONTCLAIR, NJ — Lackawanna Train Terminal in Montclair was recently named to a list of the “10 Most Endangered Historic Places in New Jersey” for 2019.

Preservation New Jersey (PNJ) released its annual list on Thursday in recognition of national Preservation Month. According to the nonprofit, the 10 Most Endangered Historic Places program spotlights irreplaceable historic, architectural, cultural and archaeological resources in New Jersey that are in “imminent danger of being lost.”

However, there's still hope for the sites on the list... provided that their communities take action, the PNJ says.

“Selections to the 10 Most Endangered Historic Places list are based on the likelihood that historic buildings and places can be brought back to useful and productive life,” the nonprofit states. “PNJ proudly points to many properties previously listed among the 10 Most Endangered that have now been saved and preserved or rehabilitated and have once again become character-defining and economy-boosting assets to New Jersey’s communities.”

Learn more about the program and see past nominees here.

Here’s what the group says about Lackawanna Train Terminal in Montclair:

“The Lackawanna Train Terminal opened to great acclaim in 1913. Designed by the ill-fated William Hull Botsford, who went down on the Titanic, it served as the terminus of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad between Hoboken and Montclair, which allowed thousands of local residents the ability to commute to New York City in relative comfort and ease until its final run in the 1980s. Having survived two previous demolition attempts, the Lackawanna Train Terminal is now under threat again from a developer who intends to demolish the historic train platform sheds to double the size of the surface parking lot. The Montclair Historic Preservation Commission has attempted to communicate the importance of maintaining the structures within the new site plan; but unfortunately, the Montclair Planning Board approved the site plan including the demolition of a significant portion of the train sheds. Preservation New Jersey supports the view of the Montclair Historic Preservation Commission who calls for a more sensitive redevelopment of the site.”

Read some recent stories involving the Lackawanna Train Terminal and Lackawanna Plaza development below.

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Last Stand for the Lackawanna

“The redevelopment of Lackawanna Plaza will reflect the participation or apathy of its residents.”

Death Of A Supermarket: Montclair Pathmark In Lackawanna Plaza Closes

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