Mount Airy station explained

Mount Airy
Style:SEPTA
Style2:SEPTA Regional Rail
Symbol Location:septa
Symbol:septa
Address:119 East Gowen Avenue between Devon and Sprague Streets,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Opened:1875
Electrified:February 5, 1933[1]
Accessible:Yes
Zone:2
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Other Services Header:Former services
Nrhp:
Embed:yes
Mt. Airy Station
Location:East Gowen Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates:40.0649°N -75.1916°W
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Custom:
Shape:none
Line:none
Marker:rail
Zoom:14
Built:1875
Architecture:Stick/eastlake
Added:September 22, 1977
Refnum:77001186

Mount Airy station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at 119 East Gowen Avenue between Devon and Sprague Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was built in 1875 with Frank Furness as the likely architect. The National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form lists the architect as unknown, but notes the similarities to the nearby Gravers station which was designed by Furness. Both stations display an aggressively styled roofline in the Queen Anne Stick Style. The Mount Airy station's roof is described as "combining hipped, gabled, jerkinhead designs with a double splayed profile" and the Graver's Lane Station might be considered even more aggressive.[2]

The station is in zone 2 on the Chestnut Hill East Line, on former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 9.3 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2013, this station saw 193 boardings and 159 alightings on an average weekday.[3]

A used book store formerly occupied much of the station building.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: New Electric Schedule . August 21, 2020 . The Scranton Times . February 4, 1933 . 12. Newspapers.com.
  2. Web site: Cohen . Madeline L. . [{{NRHP-PA|H001427_01H.pdf}} Mt. Airy Station, Reading Railroad ]. National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form . Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission . January 2, 2014.
  3. Web site: Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan . SEPTA . May 2014 . 62 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140812142611/http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf . 2014-08-12.  
  4. Web site: Ubinas . Helen . A beloved bookstore lives on . www.philly.com . The Philadelphia Inquirer . January 21, 2019 . August 16, 2014.