The Image Gallery now has a new Hopewell Train Station Art Gallery, focused on images of the Hopewell and Pennington Borough train stations and the associated artists.
We welcome more examples of artwork of the local train stations, and more information on these and other local artists.
- Visit the new Hopewell Train Station Art Gallery
- For more details, read the full brief on Hopewell Train Station Art (PDF)
Previous posts first introduced Train Station Art featuring Ranulph Bye and Gray’s Watercolors, and a second post of More Train Station Art added William Hankinson and other examples from mailers and notecards.
Through the kindness of artist families and local fans, we’ve now added examples of the Pennington station by Anne Gross, the Hopewell station by Ken McIndoe and George Stave, and images from Salvatore Asaro, who also painted for Gray’s Watercolors. There’s also more information on Gray’s Watercolors including a 1991 exhibit brochure and a 1991 Catalog of all of the company’s works, organized by town and by subject.
Pennington RR Station – Anne Gross
Artist Ann Gross was a beloved and involved Pennington resident for many years. She supported the community wholeheartedly with her time and talents, including providing a print of old Main Street as a fundraiser for the Friends of the Pennington Public Library.
Railway Station, Hopewell – George Stave (1979)
George Stave (1923-2011) explored the back roads and small towns of New Jersey and Pennsylvania in search of visually interesting subjects, and was repeatedly drawn to nineteenth-century houses and farms, glimpses of a fading past. He also painted several outdoor views overlooking Hopewell and a collection of Hopewell interiors.
Hopewell Rail Station Looking East – Ken McIndoe (1979)
Ken McIndoe is a landscape painter who has lived in Hopewell since 1974 with his wife, potter Connie Bracci-McIndoe. This is one of a pair of images of the Hopewell train station, looking east and west, showing the tracks and siding, and the surrounding railroad structures.
Old School Baptist Church – Salvatore Asaro
Salvatore Asaro (c1933 – 2016) was professional artist and illustrator who was a resident of Hopewell for many years, and painted many of the Hopewell Borough scenes for Gray’s watercolors. He was an active member of the Hopewell community, serving as a councilman and as an EMT with the Hopewell Volunteer Emergency Medical Unit and the Hopewell Volunteer Fire Department.
Thanks to Robert Warznak and Dan Pace for Anne Gross images, Roberta Mayer for images of the George Stave paintings, Ken McIndoe for images of his paintings, and Meg & Beth Asaro for information on Salvatore Asaro and images of his work.
More on Hopewell Railroads
Two railroads were built in the 1870s to connect Philadelphia and New York by travelling up from the Delaware River, through Pennington and Hopewell, and then north towards New York. The Mercer and Somerset opened in 1874, but was shut down in 1880. The Delaware and Bound Brook opened in 1876, and is the predecessor of the line that still runs through the area.
Hopewell Valley Railroad Lines
- Post – The Railroads of the Frog War – Hopewell Valley Railroads
- Post – Hopewell Reading Line Railroad Timetable Collection – Local train service
- Post – Hopewell Railroad Research – Mercer & Somerset in Hopewell Boro
- Post – Railroad Trains and Flooded Bridges
- Post – Hopewell Valley Railroad Artifacts
- Post – The “Frog War” in Hopewell – with references
- History Brief – Hopewell Valley Railroad Lines (PDF)
Hopewell Valley Train Stations
- Post – The Hopewell and Pennington Train Stations (1876)
- Post – Railroad Stations in the National Register of Historic Places – Documents
- Post – Hopewell Railroad Sidings
- Post – Pennington Train Station Underpass
- History Brief – The Hopewell and Pennington Train Stations (PDF)
Hopewell Railroad Presentations
- Presentation / Video – Industrial Hopewell: Railroad Place – References
- Presentation / Video – Life in 1900s Hopewell With the Arrival of the Railroad – References
- Presentation / Video – Hopewell Train Stations: History and Art – References
Train Stations in Photos
- Post – Train Station Photos by Harry Abendroth
- Post – Ralph Curcio Hopewell Railroad Photos
- Post – Hopewell Train Station in 1881
- Post – Hopewell Train Station Photos – 1914 & c1940
- Post – Hopewell Trains and Stations – 1955
- Post – Images of the HOPE Switch Tower – 1950s
- Post – Hopewell & Pennington Train Stations and Buildings – 1973
Railroad Collections
- Pamphlets – Railroad Timetable Collection
Media – Railroads in Image Gallery
- Artwork Gallery – Hopewell Train Station Art Gallery
- Gallery – All Hopewell Train Images and Hopewell Train Station Images (HwRR)
- Gallery – All Pennington Train Images and Pennington Train Station Images (PnRR)
Media – Railroad Artwork
- Post – Hopewell Train Station Art Gallery
- Post – More Intriguing Hopewell Train Station Art
- Post – Hopewell Train Station Art by Jerry Cable
- Post – Hopewell Train Station Painting with Steam Engine 602
Media – Railroad Video
- Video – 1940s videos of people boarding trains at the Hopewell Train station (YouTube)
[…] Ken McIndoe is a landscape painter who has lived in Hopewell since 1974 with his wife, potter Connie Bracci-McIndoe. He was professor of landscape painting at the Art Students League in New York City for 36 years. More on Ken McIndoe’s train station art […]