Connellsville Union Passenger Depot | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Connellsville Union Passenger Depot, July 2009 | |
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Location | 900 W. Crawford Ave., Connellsville, Pennsylvania |
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Coordinates | 40°0′59″N 79°35′58″W / 40.01639°N 79.59944°W / 40.01639; -79.59944 |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1911-1912 |
Built by | Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad; Western Maryland Railroad |
Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman |
NRHP reference No. | 96000319 |
Added to NRHP | March 29, 1996 |
Connellsville Union Passenger Depot, also known as the Connellsville Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Station, is a historic railway station located at Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1911 and 1912 by the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad and Western Maryland Railway. It is a 1 1/2-story, rectangular brick building measuring 109 feet by 28 feet. It features a three-story tower, wide overhanging eaves, and hipped roofs on the building and tower covered in blue-green Spanish terra cotta tiles. It is in an American Craftsman style of architecture. It ceased use as a passenger station in 1939, after which it housed a car dealership and auto parts store. It was purchased by the Youghiogheny Opalescent Glass Company in the spring of 1995.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-23. Note: This includes Clinton E. Piper (September 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Connellsville Union Passenger Depot" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-23.
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Preceding station | New York Central Railroad | Following station | ||
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Crosslandtoward Pittsburgh | Youghiogheny Branch | Terminus | ||
Preceding station | Western Maryland Railway | Following station | ||
Terminus | Cumberland – Connellsville | Indian Creektoward Cumberland |
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1912
- Union stations in the United States
- Former Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad stations
- Former Western Maryland Railway stations
- 1912 establishments in Pennsylvania
- National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, Pennsylvania
- American Craftsman architecture in Pennsylvania
- Arts and Crafts architecture in the United States
- 1939 disestablishments in Pennsylvania
- Former railway stations in Pennsylvania
- Repurposed railway stations in the United States
- Railway stations in the United States closed in 1939