The Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station is a historic train station and freight depot located at Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The two buildings were designed by Wilson Bros. & Company in 1889 and built by Cramp and Co. for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1902. The passenger station is constructed of dark Rockhill granite and Indiana limestone and is in a Late Victorian style. It is 1+1⁄2 stories tall and measures 25 feet (7.6 meters) wide by 97 feet 6 inches (29.72 meters), long. It has a hipped roof with an eight-foot overhang. The freight station is a 1+1⁄2-story, rectangular stone block building measuring 128 by 30 feet (39.0 by 9.1 meters). Also on the property is a large crane that was used for freight movement.[3] The Quakertown station had passenger rail service along the Bethlehem Line to Bethlehem and Philadelphia until July 27, 1981, when SEPTA ended service on all its intercity diesel-powered lines.[4] SEPTA still owns the line and leases it to the East Penn Railroad. Other towns, stations, and landmarks on the Bethlehem Line are Perkasie, Perkasie Tunnel, and Perkasie station.
Quakertown | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Former SEPTA regional rail station | |||||||||||||||||||||
 The former station depot at Quakertown station, as seen from the Allentown-bound platform in June 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Owned by | Quakertown Train Station Historical Society | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Bethlehem Line | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 (originally 3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | quakertowntrainstation.org | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Closed | July 26, 1981[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Front and East Broad Streets, Quakertown, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°26′23″N 75°20′4″W / 40.43972°N 75.33444°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 2.9 acres (1.2 ha) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Built | 1889, 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Built by | Cramp and Co. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Architect | Wilson Brothers | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Late Victorian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 00000382[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | April 14, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[2]
Lehigh Valley Transit interurbans ran on Main Street, roughly one mile to the west.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "SEPTA Cuts Local Service". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. July 24, 1981. pp. B1, B4. Retrieved May 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jeffrey L. Marshall (August 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station" (PDF). Retrieved October 7, 2012.
- ^ Williams, Gerry (1998). Trains, Trolleys & Transit: A Guide to Philadelphia Area Rail Transit. Piscataway, New Jersey: Railpace Company. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-9621541-7-1.
- ^ The Waetzman Planning Group (August 2005). "Liberty Bell Trail Feasibility Study" (PDF). p. 49. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
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