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Mount Airy (SEPTA station)

SEPTA.svg Mount Airy
SEPTA regional rail
Mt Airy Station.JPG
Location 119 East Gowen Avenue between Devon and Sprague Streets,
Philadelphia, PA 19119
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s)
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 2
History
Opened 1875
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA.svg SEPTA   Following station
Chestnut Hill East Line
Mt. Airy Station
Mount Airy station is located in Philadelphia
Mount Airy station
Mount Airy station is located in Pennsylvania
Mount Airy station
Mount Airy station is located in the US
Mount Airy station
Location East Gowen Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°3′53.71″N 75°11′29.77″W / 40.0649194°N 75.1916028°W / 40.0649194; -75.1916028Coordinates: 40°3′53.71″N 75°11′29.77″W / 40.0649194°N 75.1916028°W / 40.0649194; -75.1916028
Built 1875
Architectural style Stick/eastlake
NRHP Reference # 77001186
Added to NRHP September 22, 1977

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, according to the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings project. 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.

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.

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



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