Mount Airy (SEPTA station)

Mount Airy
SEPTA regional rail
Location	119 East Gowen Avenue between Devon and Sprague Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19119
Owned by	SEPTA
Line(s)	Chestnut Hill East Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Fare zone	2
History
Opened	1875
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station Sedgwick toward 30th Street Station Chestnut Hill East Line Wyndmoor toward Chestnut Hill East
Mt. Airy Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	East Gowen Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°3′53.71″N 75°11′29.77″W / 40.0649194°N 75.1916028°WCoordinates: 40°3′53.71″N 75°11′29.77″W / 40.0649194°N 75.1916028°W
Built	1875
Architectural style	Stick/eastlake
NRHP Reference #	77001186
Added to NRHP	September 22, 1977[1]

Mount Airy Station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at 119 East Gowen Avenue between Devon and Sprague Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was built in 1875 with Frank Furness as the likely architect, according to the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings project. The National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form lists the architect as unknown, but notes the similarities to the nearby Graver's Lane Station which was designed by Furness. Both stations display an aggressively styled roofline in the Queen Anne Stick Style. The Mount Airy Station's roof is described as "combining hipped, gabled, jerkinhead designs with a double splayed profile" and the Graver's Lane Station might be considered even more aggressive.^[2]

The station is in zone 2 on the Chestnut Hill East Line, on former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 9.3 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2013, this station saw 193 boardings and 159 alightings on an average weekday.^[3]

A used book store formerly occupied much of the station building.

Graver's Lane Station

References

1. Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Cohen, Madeline L. "Mt. Airy Station, Reading Railroad" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
3. SEPTA (May 2014). Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan. p. 62 PDF (539 KB)

External links

• SEPTA – Mt. Airy Station
• Older and 2005 Mount Airy RDG Station images
• Gowen Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Station House from Google Maps Street View