Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station
The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station, now Landry's, Inc.'s the Grand Concourse restaurant in Station Square Plaza in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a building constructed in 1898. Into the 1960s, the station was the depot for the passenger rail operations of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad and the Pittsburgh depot from 1934 for the many trains of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, Detroit, and St. Louis. In 1934, the B&O obtained trackage rights on the P&LE from New Castle Junction to McKeesport and until the discontinuance of its passenger service used the P&LE station to reduce the amount of heavy curvature trackage required to reach the original B&O station on the opposite side of the Monongahela River. [4]
Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Line(s) | Pittsburgh Subdivision | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Smithfield St. at Carson St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°26′1″N 80°0′14″W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Area | less than one acre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1898 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | Burns, William George | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Edwardian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 74001743[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Added to NRHP | January 11, 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Designated CPHS | March 15, 1974[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Designated PHLF | 1970[3] |
The Pittsburgh Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [5]
Gallery
- The Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station, c.1905
- B&O's Diplomat at the P&LE Station c. 1970
- Inside the station concourse
- Station Square area of the Monongahela River showing the back of P&LE Railroad Station 1951.
See also
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- "Local Historic Designations". Pittsburgh: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. Retrieved 2011-08-11.
- Historic Landmark Plaques 1968-2009 (PDF). Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. 2010. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
- Pittsburgh Station, website
- name="station nom""Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Station" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. 1971. Retrieved January 23, 2014.
External links
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1231, "Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Station, Smithfield & Carson Streets, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA", 2 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page