Reading Railroad Station (Lebanon, Pennsylvania)
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Reading Railroad Station | |
 Reading Railroad Station, June 2006 | |
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| Location | N. 8th St., Lebanon, Pennsylvania |
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| Coordinates | 40°20′35″N 76°25′29″W / 40.34306°N 76.42472°WCoordinates: 40°20′35″N 76°25′29″W / 40.34306°N 76.42472°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1900 |
| Architect | Wilson Bros.; Wilson, Joseph M. |
| Architectural style | Shingle Style, Other, Shingle style adaptation |
| NRHP Reference # | 75001647[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 1975 |
Reading Railroad Station is a historic Shingle Style railway station in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Designed by the Wilson Brothers & Company and built by the Reading Company in 1900, it consists of two sections connected by a large overhanging roof.
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.[2]
The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "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.
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