Tamaqua station
Tamaqua | |||||||||||
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Former Reading Railroad station | |||||||||||
![]() Tamaqua station in July 2010 | |||||||||||
Location | 18 N. Railroad S., Tamaqua, PA | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°47′53″N 75°58′12″W / 40.7980°N 75.9701°WCoordinates: 40°47′53″N 75°58′12″W / 40.7980°N 75.9701°W | ||||||||||
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Architectural style | Italianate | ||||||||||
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Opened | 1874 | ||||||||||
Closed | 1961 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 1880, 1885 | ||||||||||
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Reading Railroad Passenger Station—Tamaqua | |||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 85003164[1] | ||||||||||
Added to NRHP | December 26, 1985 |
Tamaqua is disused railway station located in the Tamaqua Historic District,[1] Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was originally constructed by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1874, which had earlier acquired the Little Schuylkill Navigation Railroad and Coal Company.[2] It is a one-story brick building in the Italianate style. An addition was made to the original 1874 building in 1880, giving it a "T-plan." In 1885, a freight house was added.[3]
The station ceased train operations in 1961 and was formally abandoned in 1981.[4]
In 1984, a local family offered to purchase the railroad station and proposed that the building would be turned into a museum, similar to Steamtown, U.S.A. in Scranton, Pennsylvania.[5]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 26, 1985, as the Reading Railroad Passenger Station--Tamaqua.
Following a $1.5 million restoration, the building was reopened in 2004 as a heritage center.[6]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Tamaqua Railroad Station - Historical Chronology
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Michael Havrischak (August 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Reading Railroad: Passenger Station (Tamaqua)" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-03.
- ^ Adams, Charles J. (2004). Coal Country Ghosts, Legends and Lore. Exeter House Books. ISBN 1-880683-20-2.
- ^ "RAIL STATION MAY BECOME A MUSEUM". Philadelphia Inquirer. October 11, 1984. p. B25 Local. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- ^ History of Tamaqua Railroad Station Tamaqua Railroad Station foundation, accessed February 5, 2010.
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- Italianate architecture in Pennsylvania
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1874
- Former Reading Company stations
- Transportation buildings and structures in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
- Former railway stations in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania railway station stubs
- Pennsylvania Registered Historic Place stubs