Lebanon station (Pennsylvania Railroad) explained

Lebanon
Style:Pennsylvania Railroad
Address:161 North 8th Street, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Line:Lebanon Branch
Other Services Header:Former services
Architect:George Watson Hewitt
Architectural Style:Late Victorian, High Victorian eclectic
Coordinates:40.3422°N -76.4256°W
Map Type:Pennsylvania#USA
Nrhp:
Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station
Built:1885
Added:December 4, 1974
Area:less than one acre
Embed:yes
Refnum:74001790

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.

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.[1] 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. 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania. CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Searchable database. Note: This includes Web site: [{{NRHP-PA|H000777_01H.pdf}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station]. 2012-02-28. Gerald A. Collins and David C. Stacks. PDF. April 1974.