Pennsylvania Railroad Station

Pennsylvania Railroad Station

Newark Penn Station

Pennsylvania Railroad Newark Station is one of the last major works of McKim, Mead & White. The complex is the major intermodal transportation facility of Newark that connects the city regionally. It is located between the Ironbound and CBD districts, close to McCarter Highway that parallels the elevated train tracks. The complex consists of concourses, train sheds and a main Waiting Room. The main facade fronting Raymond Blvd. bears witness to an evolution of the Beaux-Arts formula that characterized this architectural firm into a more Moderne, yet still classical paradigm loaded with Art Deco decorations. This facade is dressed in Indiana limestone and maintains a tripartite configuration of base, body and cap. The entrances are articulated with colossal arches of rubbed pink granite with semi-circular profiles crowned by a stylized pediment. The spandrels for these arches and the pediments are decorated with carvings.

1935

extant

This complex has undergone many alterations. The most recent one, in 2007, enabled the renovation of the building and the restoration of its historic features on the facade and interior.

Boyer, M. Christine. "Stately stations", American Craft 45.3 (1985): 18-[25].

Freeman, Allen. "Restoring the remaining railroad extravaganzas: three of the 13 being redone by SOM in the Northeast corridor." Architecture: the AIA Journal. 77.6. (June 1988): 90-93.

Gordon, Mark W., and Anthony Schuman, editors. Newark Landmark Treasures: A Guide to the Landmark Buildings, Parks, Public Art & Historic Districts in New Jersey’s Metropolis. Newark Preservation and Landmarks Committee, 2016, p. 70.

Historic American Engineering Record. "Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between Pennsylvania/New Jersey & New Jersey/New York State Lines, Newark, Essex County, NJ." HAER NJ,7-NEARK,19--3, 4, 5, 30, 31. 

National Register of Historic Places, Pennsylvania Station, Newark, Essex County, New Jersey, National Register #78001760

Art Deco