Pottstown station

Pottstown, now referred to as the Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center, is a bus terminal for the Pottstown Area Rapid Transit located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. The station was built in 1928 as a train station for the Reading Railroad and was active long enough to be served by SEPTA diesel service trains until 1981. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1984, as the Reading Railroad Pottstown Station, and is located in the Old Pottstown Historic District, close to the Schuylkill River Trail.[3]

Reading Pottstown station from parking lot
Pottstown
Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center
Colebrookdale Railroad heritage railroad station
PART bus terminal
Former SEPTA regional rail station
High St. between Hanover and York Streets, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
ConnectionsSchuylkill River Trail
 PART bus lines
 SEPTA 93 to Norristown
History
ClosedJuly 26, 1981[1]
Services
Preceding station Colebrookdale Railroad Following station
Terminus Secret Valley Line Boyertown
Terminus
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Royersford
Closed 1981
toward Reading Terminal
 Norristown Line Birdsboro
Closed 1981
toward Pottsville
Linfield
Closed 1978
toward Reading Terminal
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Linfield
toward Norristown
 Main Line Stowe
toward Pottsville
Terminus Colebrookdale Railroad Mill Park
toward Barto
Reading Railroad Pottstown Station
Coordinates40°14′41″N 75°39′9″W
Area1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built1928
ArchitectDillenbeck, Clark
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.84003514[2]
Added to NRHPJanuary 12, 1984

The station was designed in the Classical Revival style by the railroad's engineering staff rather than by an outside architect. Stations built in the nineteenth century by the Reading Railroad had usually been designed by outside architects, including Frank Furness. During the twentieth century, the railroad became less profitable and most stations were designed in simpler styles in-house.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Rail Service Marks End of an Era". The News Herald. Perkasie, Pennsylvania. July 29, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. Mintz, Elizabeth (1983). "Reading Railroad - Pottstown Station" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved December 24, 2013.


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