THE 1877 TRAIN STATION: Renovations
On Monday, August 29, 2022 it was announced at the City Council meeting that the City of Newark was considering the potential sale of the historic Newark Train Station. Originally built in 1877, the Train Station is home to the Newark Historical Society and the Newark History Museum. Unfortunately, several expensive repairs are needed to make the building a viable property for the City. Since this announcement, the Newark Historical Society has embarked on a capital campaign to help raise funds to help repair the building. As of August 2023, Newark City Council has allocated money from the Bond Bill to fully fund the renovations needed on the Train Station! Thank you for your support!
How much are the repairs that need to be done on the building?
​About $700,000 in total. The City has created a list of items that are priority repairs that the Historical Society is focused on raising money for. Some of those repairs include: restoring the unique windows, replacing the roof and the awnings, plumbing and electrical upgrades, and plaster deterioration.
How will the money you raised during the capital campaign be spent?
Thank you so much to each person who donated to our campaign! We raised $25,000 since August 2022! This money is critical to ensuring that our historical collections are kept safe during the renovations by rehousing and moving the collections to a storage location offsite.
What is the timeline for the renovation?
Renovations are expected to begin in March of 2025. The Newark Historical Society Board of Directors have been working to safely pack up our historical collection for the upcoming construction. We will be moving it to a climate-controlled offsite storage location.
Packing Photos
Boxes stacked in our gallery space ready to be moved to a storage unit.
Chaos in the midst of us packing!
Volunteers and Board Members packing our historical collection.
Boxes stacked in our gallery space ready to be moved to a storage unit.