Lebanon station (Reading Railroad)

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.

Lebanon
Former Reading Railroad station
Lebanon station in June 2006
General information
LocationN. 8th St., Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°20′35″N 76°25′29″W
Tracks2
Construction
Disabled accessNo
ArchitectJoseph M. Wilson (Wilson Bros)
Architectural styleShingle style
ElectrifiedNo
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Front Street
toward Harrisburg
 Lebanon Valley Railroad Cleona
toward Reading
Terminus Lebanon and Tremont Branch Westmont
toward Tremont
Reading Railroad Station
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1900
NRHP reference No.75001647[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 17, 1975

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.[2]

The station was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1] It is located one block north of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Lebanon station.

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 David M. Berman (March 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Reading Railroad Station" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-02-28.


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