Quakertown station

The Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station is a historic train station and freight depot located at Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The two buildings were designed by Wilson Bros. & Company in 1889 and built by Cramp and Co. for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1902. The passenger station is constructed of dark Rockhill granite and Indiana limestone and is in a Late Victorian style. It is 1 1/2 stories tall and measures 25 feet (7.62 meters) wide by 97 feet, 6 inches (29.7 meters), long. It has a hipped roof with an eight-foot overhang. The freight station is a 1 1/2-story, rectangular stone block building measuring 128 feet (39 meters) by 30 feet (9.1 meters). Also on the property is a large crane that was used for freight movement.[3] The Quakertown station had passenger rail service along the Bethlehem Line to Bethlehem and Philadelphia until July 27, 1981, when SEPTA ended service on all its intercity diesel-powered lines.[4] SEPTA still owns the line and lessees it to the East Penn Railway. Other towns, stations, and landmarks on the Bethlehem Line are Perkasie, Pennsylvania, Perkasie Tunnel, and Perkasie station.

Quakertown
Former SEPTA regional rail station
The former station depot at Quakertown station, as seen from the Allentown-bound platform in June 2012.
Owned byQuakertown Historical Society
Line(s)Bethlehem Line
Tracks2 (originally 3)
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingYes
Disabled accessNo
History
ClosedJuly 26, 1981[1]
ElectrifiedNo
Former services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Perkasie
toward Reading Terminal
 Bethlehem Line Centre Valley
toward Allentown
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Perkasie
toward Fern Rock
 Bethlehem Branch Centre Valley
toward Bethlehem
Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station
LocationFront and East Broad Streets, Quakertown, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°26′23″N 75°20′4″W
Area2.9 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1889, 1902
Built byCramp and Co.
ArchitectWilson Brothers
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.00000382[2]
Added to NRHPApril 14, 2000

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[2]

Lehigh Valley Transit interurbans ran on Main Street, roughly one mile to the west.[5]

See also

References
  1. "SEPTA Cuts Local Service". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pennsylvania. July 24, 1981. pp. B1, B4. Retrieved May 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Jeffrey L. Marshall (August 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station" (PDF). Retrieved October 7, 2012.
  4. Williams, Gerry (1998). Trains, Trolleys & Transit: A Guide to Philadelphia Area Rail Transit. Piscataway, New Jersey: Railpace Company. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-9621541-7-1.
  5. The Waetzman Planning Group (August 2005). "Liberty Bell Trail Feasibility Study" (PDF). p. 49. Retrieved January 25, 2019.

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