Lebanon station (Pennsylvania Railroad)

Lebanon is a historic railway station located in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. It was designed by George Watson Hewitt and built in 1885, by the Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad. The building was expanded in 1912. It is a two-story, brick, brownstone, and terra cotta building in an eclectic Victorian style reflecting 17th-century Flemish, Romanesque, and Chateauesque influences. It features a broad porch roof with ornamental iron brackets.[2] The Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad opened in 1883, and was acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1918.

Lebanon
Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station, November 2011
General information
Location161 North 8th Street, Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°20′32″N 76°25′32″W
Line(s)Lebanon Branch
Construction
ArchitectGeorge Watson Hewitt
Architectural styleLate Victorian, High Victorian eclectic
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station
Cornwall
toward Conewago
 Lebanon Branch Terminus
Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station
Arealess than one acre
Built1885
NRHP reference No.74001790[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 4, 1974
Location
Lebanon
Location within Pennsylvania
Lebanon
Lebanon (the United States)

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 as the Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station.[1] It is located one block south of the Reading Railroad's Lebanon station.

Presently, the Lebanon railway station is being used by Strickler Insurance Agency. The building can be viewed during regular office hours.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Gerald A. Collins and David C. Stacks (April 1974). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cornwall & Lebanon Railroad Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-28.


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