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Description: RAILROAD STATION IS A KEY STRUCTURE IN THE DISTRICT; WAS BUILT IN 1912 ON PROPERTY ONCE OWNED BY HERO BULL, A FORMER SLAVE. THE STATIONS CORNERSTONE WAS LAID BY SUFFRAGIST BELLE DE RIVERA. THE ARCHITECTURE OF THIS STATION IS AN ADAPTATION OF THE “JACOBETHAN” STYLE (COMBINING ELIZABETHAN AND JACOBEAN INFLUENCES) AND IS EXECUTED IN STONE RUBBLE. THE STATION BURNED IN 1915 AND WAS REBUILT 1919. IT IS NOW FUNCTIONING AS A RESTAURANT
Title: MOUNTAIN LAKES HISTORIC DISTRICT, MORRIS COUNTY
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Author: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD
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