Tamaqua is disused railway station located in the Tamaqua, Pennsylvania. It is part of the Tamaqua Historic District.[1]

Tamaqua
Former Reading Railroad station
Tamaqua station in July 2010
General information
Location	18 N. Railroad S., Tamaqua, PA
Coordinates	40.7980°N 75.9701°W / 40.7980; -75.9701
Construction
Architectural style	Italianate
History
Opened	1874
Closed	1961
Rebuilt	1880, 1885
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Newkirk toward Pottsville Schuylkill Valley Branch Terminus
Reading Railroad Passenger Station—Tamaqua
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
NRHP reference No.	85003164[1]
Added to NRHP	December 26, 1985

The station was originally constructed by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1874, which had earlier acquired the Little Schuylkill Navigation Railroad and Coal Company.[2] It is a one-story brick building in the Italianate style. An addition was made to the original 1874 building in 1880, giving it a "T-plan." In 1885, a freight house was added.[3]

The station ceased train operations in 1961 and was formally abandoned in 1981.[4]

In 1984, a local family offered to purchase the railroad station and proposed that the building would be turned into a museum, similar to Steamtown, U.S.A. in Scranton, Pennsylvania.[5]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 26, 1985, as the Reading Railroad Passenger Station--Tamaqua.

Following a $1.5 million restoration, the building was reopened in 2004 as a heritage center.[6]

References

External links

• Tamaqua Railroad Station
• Visit Pennsylvania – Tamaqua Railroad Station

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