Lebanon is a historic railway station located in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by George Watson Hewitt and built in 1885, by the Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad. The building was expanded in 1912. It is a two-story, brick, brownstone, and terra cotta building in an eclectic Victorian style reflecting 17th-century Flemish, Romanesque, and Chateauesque influences. It features a broad porch roof with ornamental iron brackets.[2] The Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad opened in 1883, and was acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1918.
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![]() Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station, November 2011 | |||||||||||
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Location | 161 North 8th Street, Lebanon, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°20′32″N 76°25′32″W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | Lebanon Branch | ||||||||||
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Architect | George Watson Hewitt | ||||||||||
Architectural style | Late Victorian, High Victorian eclectic | ||||||||||
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Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station | |||||||||||
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |||||||||||
Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||
Built | 1885 | ||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 74001790[1] | ||||||||||
Added to NRHP | December 4, 1974 | ||||||||||
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 as the Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station.[1] It is located one block south of the Reading Railroad's Lebanon station.
Presently, the Lebanon railway station is being used by Strickler Insurance Agency. The building can be viewed during regular office hours.
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