Lebanon station (Reading Railroad)

Lebanon

Former Reading Railroad station

Reading Railroad Station, June 2006

Location

N. 8th St., Lebanon, Pennsylvania

Tracks

Construction

Disabled access

Electrified

Services

Preceding station		Reading Railroad	Following station
	Former services
Front Street toward Reading Outer Station		Lebanon Valley Branch	Cleona toward Harrisburg
Terminus		Lebanon and Tremont Branch	Westmont toward Tremont

Reading Railroad Station

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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

Lebanon station, also known as Reading Railroad 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.

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 National Park Service (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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