Lebanon
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Former Reading Railroad station | |||||||||||||||||||||
Reading Railroad Station, June 2006
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Location | N. 8th St., Lebanon, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Disabled access | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
Electrified | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Reading Railroad Station
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Coordinates | 40°20′35″N 76°25′29″W / 40.34306°N 76.42472°WCoordinates: 40°20′35″N 76°25′29″W / 40.34306°N 76.42472°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1900 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | Wilson Bros.; Wilson, Joseph M. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Shingle Style, Other, Shingle style adaptation | ||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference # | 75001647 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | July 17, 1975 |
Lebanon station, also known as Reading Railroad Station, is a historic train station in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Designed by the Wilson Brothers & Company in the Shingle Style and built by the Reading Company in 1900, it consists of two sections connected by a large overhanging roof.
The smaller section is a 1 1/2-story, rectangular structure that contained a baggage room, telegraph office, and yardmasters' office. It measures 55 ft 6 in by 32 ft 6 in. It has a hipped gable roof with bellcast hiIerpped gable dormers and a two-story octagonal tower.
The larger section is a two-story structure measuring approximately 80 ft 6 in by 32 ft 6 in and contained men's and women's waiting areas and restrooms. It features a large octagonal tower rising 70 80 ft above the station and has a hipped gable roof with hipped gable dormers and a semicircular bay.
The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.