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.
Lebanon | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Disabled access | No | |||||||||||||||
Architect | Joseph M. Wilson (Wilson Bros) | |||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Shingle style | |||||||||||||||
Electrified | No | |||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||
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]
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]
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