Quakertown station

Quakertown
Former SEPTA regional rail station
The former station depot at Quakertown station, as seen from the Allentown-bound platform in June 2012.
Electrified No
Former services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Bethlehem Line
toward Allentown
Lehigh Valley Transit Company
via Wood, Coopers, and Coopersville stations
toward Allentown
Liberty Bell High Speed Line
Until 1951
via Ridge, Locust, and Red Lion stations
toward 69th Street
Reading Railroad
toward Fern Rock
Bethlehem Branch
toward Bethlehem
Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station
Location Front and East Broad Streets, Quakertown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°26′23″N 75°20′4″W / 40.43972°N 75.33444°W / 40.43972; -75.33444Coordinates: 40°26′23″N 75°20′4″W / 40.43972°N 75.33444°W / 40.43972; -75.33444
Area 2.9 acres (1.2 ha)
Built 1889, 1902
Built by Cramp and Co.
Architect Wilson Brothers
Architectural style Late Victorian
NRHP reference # 00000382[1]
Added to NRHP April 14, 2000

The Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station is a historic train station and freight depot located at Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The two buildings were designed by Wilson Bros. & Company in 1889 and built by Cramp and Co. for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1902. The passenger station is constructed of dark Rockhill granite and Indiana limestone and is in a Late Victorian style. It is 1 1/2 stories tall and measures 25 feet (7.62 meters) wide by 97 feet, 6 inches (29.7 meters), long. It has a hipped roof with an eight-foot overhang. The freight station is a 1 1/2-story, rectangular stone block building measuring 128 feet (39 meters) by 30 feet (9.1 meters). Also on the property is a large crane that was used for freight movement.[2] The Quakertown station had passenger rail service along the Bethlehem Line to Bethlehem and Philadelphia until July 27, 1981, when SEPTA ended service on all its intercity diesel-powered lines.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jeffrey L. Marshall (August 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station" (PDF). Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  3. ↑ Williams, Gerry (1998). Trains, Trolleys & Transit: A Guide to Philadelphia Area Rail Transit. Piscataway, NJ: Railpace Company. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-9621541-7-1. OCLC 43543368.

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