Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed

	Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed, October 2011
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Location	1001 South 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	39°56′21″N 75°10′04″W / 39.93917°N 75.16778°WCoordinates: 39°56′21″N 75°10′04″W / 39.93917°N 75.16778°W
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1876
Built by	Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
Architect	Fuller, Sidney T.
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	11000649
Added to NRHP	September 8, 2011

Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed is a historic freight station located in the Southwest Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, along Broad Street. It was built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad in 1878, and is a large 1 1/2-story brick and stone building in the Late Gothic Revival style. It measures 99 feet, 5 inches wide and 235 feet long. It has a long, sloping roof supported by a Fink truss system, with glazed monitors.^[2]

The site was the first stop in Philadelphia for President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train in 1865.^[3]

The shed was used for passenger trains for four years, but was dedicated solely to freight operations after January 1882.^[3] The passenger station, along Washington Avenue, was demolished by the federal government during World War II to make space to store Marine Corps munitions and vehicles awaiting transport.^[3]

By the late 1960s, the shed was sold for use as a warehouse. The head house and eight eastern bays were demolished a few years later.^[3]

In 2011, the shed was added to the National Register of Historic Places.^[1]

In 2016, developer Alterra Property Group began work on a $100 million mixed-use development that would restore and make use of the train site in what would be called Lincoln Square.^[4] The shed itself was rehabilitated and an eastern entrance added to create a space for a Sprouts supermarket.^[5] Designed by Philadelphia architectural firm Kelly Maiello,^[6] the project received several awards for preservation and adaptive reuse.^[7]^[8]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/06/11 through 9/09/11. National Park Service. 2011-09-16.
^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Shelby Weaver Splain and Eric DeLony (February 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-05.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d PIDCphila. "LINCOLN SQUARE – PIDC". Retrieved 2022-01-04.
^ Adelman, Jacob. "Lincoln Square project calls for apartments, retail at Broad and Washington". Philly.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
^ "Lincoln Square Historic Train Shed Adaptive Reuse". www.kmarchitects.com. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
^ "Lincoln Square Historic Train Shed Adaptive Reuse". www.kmarchitects.com. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
^ Staff, Preservation Pennsylvania Editorial (2019-06-26). "2019 PA Historic Preservation Awards". Preservation Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
^ "2019 Preservation Awards". Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved 2022-01-04.

External links[]

Media related to Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed at Wikimedia Commons

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1611, "Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, Freight Station, Fifteenth & Carpenter Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA", 10 photos, 2 photo caption pages

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[nps-1] "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/06/11 through 9/09/11. National Park Service. 2011-09-16.

[arch-2] "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Shelby Weaver Splain and Eric DeLony (February 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-05.

[:0-3] PIDCphila. "LINCOLN SQUARE – PIDC". Retrieved 2022-01-04.

[philly-4] Adelman, Jacob. "Lincoln Square project calls for apartments, retail at Broad and Washington". Philly.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

[5] "Lincoln Square Historic Train Shed Adaptive Reuse". www.kmarchitects.com. Retrieved 2022-01-04.

[6] "Lincoln Square Historic Train Shed Adaptive Reuse". www.kmarchitects.com. Retrieved 2022-01-04.

[7] Staff, Preservation Pennsylvania Editorial (2019-06-26). "2019 PA Historic Preservation Awards". Preservation Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2022-01-04.

[8] "2019 Preservation Awards". Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved 2022-01-04.

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