Lebanon station (Reading Railroad)

Lebanon

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 / 40.34306; -76.42472
Tracks| 2
Construction
Accessible| No
Architect| Joseph M. Wilson (Wilson Bros)
Architectural style| Shingle style
History
Opened| 1900
Closed| April 28, 1963
Electrified| No
Former services
| Preceding station  | Reading Railroad | Following station

|
|

Front Street

toward Harrisburg

|  | Lebanon Valley Branch |  | Cleona

toward Reading

Terminus |  | Lebanon and Tremont Branch |  | Westmont

toward Tremont

Reading Railroad Station

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Area| 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built| 1900
NRHP reference No.| 75001647[1]
Added to NRHP| July 17, 1975

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.

## Structure

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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]

## History

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In 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

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1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ "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.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ "Reading Railroad to Drop 26 Runs". The Morning Call. February 1, 1963. p. 6. Retrieved August 24, 2022 - via Newspapers.com.

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