Connellsville Union Passenger Depot

Connellsville Union Passenger Depot

Connellsville Union Passenger Depot, July 2009
Location 900 W. Crawford Ave., Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 40°0′59″N 79°35′58″W / 40.01639°N 79.59944°W / 40.01639; -79.59944Coordinates: 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 # 96000319[1]
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 Railroad. 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.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. 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.
Preceding station   New York Central Railroad   Following station
Crossland
toward Pittsburgh
Youghiogheny BranchTerminus


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