Tamaqua station

Reading Railroad Passenger
Station—Tamaqua
Location Off West Broad Street,
Tamaqua, PA
Coordinates 40°47′52″N 75°58′14″W / 40.79778°N 75.97056°W / 40.79778; -75.97056Coordinates: 40°47′52″N 75°58′14″W / 40.79778°N 75.97056°W / 40.79778; -75.97056
Built 1874, 1880, 1885
Architect Unknown
Architectural style Italianate
NRHP reference # 85003164[1]
Added to NRHP December 26, 1985

Tamaqua is disused railway station located in the Tamaqua Historic District,[1] Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Tamaqua Railroad Station - Historical Chronology
  3. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Michael Havrischak (August 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Reading Railroad: Passenger Station (Tamaqua)" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  4. ↑ Adams, Charles J. (2004). Coal Country Ghosts, Legends and Lore. Exeter House Books. ISBN 1-880683-20-2.
  5. ↑ "RAIL STATION MAY BECOME A MUSEUM". Philadelphia Inquirer. October 11, 1984. p. B25 Local. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  6. ↑ History of Tamaqua Railroad Station Tamaqua Railroad Station foundation, accessed February 5, 2010.


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