Wilkes-Barre's 1868 built CNJ Railroad Depot will be getting a new lease on life - literally! While plans for its reuse and restoration have been made and broken time after time, George Albert, the developer of the historic structure, stated on April 30th, 2021 that he set a five-month deadline to complete the project by the end of October 2021 to make the landmark station ready to be the new home of the Luzerne County tourism office. The tourism office will be on the first floor and the second floor will have private office space. Hadley Construction Inc. of Pittston was the low bidder for the $1.2 million project.

This station was initially built for the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad in 1868. The two and a half story, brick building with one and one half-story wings on either side came under the Central of New Jersey Railroad's control when that line leased the L&S in 1871. The Victorian style station served passengers until 1963, and finally closed in 1972, after which the tracks were later removed and paved over. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.