{"nrhp_refnum":"11000649","name":"Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed","other_names":["PWB RR Train Shed"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1001 S. 15th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.93910808600003,"lon":-75.16816604199994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-09-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Engineering"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half story brick and stone railroad freight shed at 1001 S. 15th Street in South Philadelphia, built by the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad. It is now used as a warehouse.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the shed is a rare, locally significant example of a long-span terminal freight shed engineered with a Fink truss, one of the early all-wrought-iron installations of that system. Its width, sliding loading doors, deep eaves and roof monitors are presented as retaining the characteristics of a terminal freight shed. Its Late Gothic Revival design was described as more high-style than typical freight sheds.","narrative":"Built in 1876 by the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad on its Broad Street site in South Philadelphia, this brick and stone freight shed was constructed alongside the company's passenger station to handle traffic expected for the Centennial Exposition. The design is attributed to the railroad's chief engineer, Sidney Fuller, and the building is in the Late Gothic Revival style. Its main feature is a long open interior spanned by Fink trusses, a wrought-iron system that allowed a wide space without interior supports. The shed has wide arched loading openings with sliding wood doors, deep eaves carried on cast iron brackets, and roof monitors. The 1968 demolition removed the front section and head house, but the surviving width of the building retains the characteristics of a terminal freight shed. Terminal sheds of this type are now uncommon, which is the basis for its listing.","period_of_significance":"1876","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Used as a warehouse; the head house and eastern eight bays were demolished in 1968-1969.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:10:27.11969-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/11000649.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000649/dd8a9381a3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000649/dd8a9381a3-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philly_Trainshed.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Philly_Trainshed.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997284","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia,_Wilmington_and_Baltimore_Railroad_Freight_Shed","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7182606"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/philadelphia-wilmington-and-baltimore-railroad-freight-shed-11000649/"}