Lebanon | ||||||||||||||||
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Former Reading Railroad station | ||||||||||||||||
Lebanon station in June 2006 | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | N. 8th St., Lebanon, Pennsylvania | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°20′35″N 76°25′29″W / 40.34306°N 76.42472°W / 40.34306; -76.42472 | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Accessible | No | |||||||||||||||
Architect | Joseph M. Wilson (Wilson Bros) | |||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Shingle style | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1900 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | April 28, 1963 | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
Former services | ||||||||||||||||
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Reading Railroad Station | ||||||||||||||||
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | ||||||||||||||||
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) | |||||||||||||||
Built | 1900 | |||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 75001647 | |||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | July 17, 1975 | |||||||||||||||
Lebanon station is a historic train station in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Designed by the Wilson Brothers & Company in the Shingle Style and built by the Reading Company in 1900, it consists of two sections connected by a large overhanging roof. It is located one block north of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Lebanon station.
Structure
The smaller section is a 1 1/2-story, rectangular structure that contained a baggage room, telegraph office, and yardmasters' office. It measures 55 ft 6 in by 32 ft 6 in. It has a hipped gable roof with bellcast hiIerpped gable dormers and a two-story octagonal tower.
The larger section is a two-story structure measuring approximately 80 ft 6 in by 32 ft 6 in and contained men's and women's waiting areas and restrooms. It features a large octagonal tower rising 70 80 ft above the station and has a hipped gable roof with hipped gable dormers and a semicircular bay.
History
In addition to the Reading, the Cornwall Railroad operated passenger trains at the station until the company discontinued passenger service on January 29, 1929. Passenger service on the Reading ended on April 28, 1963.
The station listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Reading Railroad Station in 1975.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes David M. Berman (March 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Reading Railroad Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- Rhoads, Donald L. Jr.; Heilman, Robert A. (2000). Railroads of Lebanon County Pennsylvania: A Pictorial and Descriptive History. Lebanon, Pennsylvania: Lebanon County Historical Society. p. 63. OCLC 45545262.
- "Reading Railroad to Drop 26 Runs". The Morning Call. February 1, 1963. p. 6. Retrieved August 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- Former Reading Company stations
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Shingle Style architecture in Pennsylvania
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1900
- Transportation buildings and structures in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
- Former railway stations in Pennsylvania