Lebanon station (Reading Railroad)
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.
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 | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | No | |||||||||||||||
| Architect | Joseph M. Wilson (Wilson Bros) | |||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Shingle style | |||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1900 | |||||||||||||||
| Closed | April 28, 1963 | |||||||||||||||
| Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
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Reading Railroad Station | ||||||||||||||||
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) | |||||||||||||||
| Built | 1900 | |||||||||||||||
| NRHP reference No. | 75001647[1] | |||||||||||||||
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 1975 | |||||||||||||||
Structure
editThe 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.[2]
History
editIn addition to the Reading, the Cornwall Railroad operated passenger trains at the station until the company discontinued passenger service on January 29, 1929.[3] Passenger service on the Reading ended on April 28, 1963.[4]
The station listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Reading Railroad Station in 1975.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "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.