Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed

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]

Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed, October 2011
Location1001 South 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates39°56′21″N 75°10′04″W
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1876
Built byPhiladelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad
ArchitectFuller, Sidney T.
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.11000649[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 8, 2011

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
  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.
  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.
  3. PIDCphila. "LINCOLN SQUARE – PIDC". Retrieved 2022-01-04.
  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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