Lebanon station (Pennsylvania Railroad)

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Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station, November 2011
General information
Location161 North 8th Street, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°20′32″N76°25′32″W / 40.34222°N 76.42556°W / 40.34222; -76.42556 Coordinates: 40°20′32″N76°25′32″W / 40.34222°N 76.42556°W / 40.34222; -76.42556
Line(s)Lebanon Branch
Construction
ArchitectGeorge Watson Hewitt
Architectural styleLate Victorian, High Victorian eclectic
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Cornwall
toward Conewago
Lebanon Branch Terminus
Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station
Arealess than one acre
Built1885
NRHP reference No. 74001790 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 1974
Location
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Lebanon (the United States)

Lebanon station is an historic, American railway station that is located in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

Situated one block south of the Reading Railroad's Lebanon station, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 as the Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station. [1]

History and notable features

This historic train station was designed by George Watson Hewitt and built in 1885 by the Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad. It was then expanded in 1912. A two-story, brick, brownstone and terra cotta building designed in an eclectic Victorian style that reflects seventeenth-century Flemish, Romanesque, and Chateauesque influences, it features a broad porch roof with ornamental iron brackets. [2] The Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad opened in 1883, and was acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1918.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 as the Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station. [1] It is located one block south of the Reading Railroad's Lebanon station.

Presently, the Lebanon railway station is being used by Strickler Insurance Agency. The building can be viewed during regular office hours.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System.Note: This includes Gerald A. Collins and David C. Stacks (April 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-28.