Brockway station

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Brockwayville Passenger Depot, Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad
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LocationAlexander Street at Fourth Ave., Brockway, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 41°15′4″N78°47′36″W / 41.25111°N 78.79333°W / 41.25111; -78.79333
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1913
Architectural styleColonial Revival
NRHP reference No. 03000489 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 29, 2003

Brockway station is a historic railway station located at Brockway, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1913 by the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad, and is a one-story, rectangular brick building with Colonial Revival-style details. It sits on a poured cement foundation and has a hipped roof covered in red ceramic tile.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad operated both daytime and nighttime trains through the station on the BR&P route between Lackawanna Terminal in Buffalo and Baltimore and Ohio Station in Pittsburgh. Additionally, the company operated a local Buffalo to DuBois, Pennsylvania train, making stops at the station. [2] B&O passenger service to Brockway continued up to 1955, the final year of service on the BR&P line. [3] It is the only surviving passenger station in Jefferson County. [4]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 as the Brockwayville Passenger Depot, Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Table 25". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 78 (12). May 1946.
  3. "Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Table 25". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 88 (4). May 1955.
  4. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2011-12-29.Note: This includes David L. Taylor (September 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Brockwayville Passenger Depot, Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh Railroad" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-29.
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