{"nrhp_refnum":"77001180","name":"Milton Freight Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"90 Broadway","address_restricted":false,"city":"Milton","county":"Northumberland County","state":"PA","lat":41.01965403000003,"lon":-76.85194771399995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-04-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story brick freight station built for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad at Milton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, with a raised loading floor and wooden trusses. It was built in 1883 by Joseph Nesbit, master builder of Lewisburg, under a construction agreement with the railroad company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a fine example of commercial and industrial architecture from a period when even modest buildings were designed with care for appearance. It states the design is functionally logical, with decorative detail derived from the structural bays and organization. It also notes the building's architectural value in a town where much of its older heritage has been lost.","narrative":"Built in 1883 by Joseph Nesbit, master builder of Lewisburg, for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad at Milton, the freight station is a single-story brick building with a raised floor for loading vehicles. Its brick bearing walls carry exposed wooden trusses spanning the 30-foot width, and its facade is articulated with pilasters that mark the seven equal bays, with arched doorways framed in brick. The roof is gabled at the north end, where offices were located, and hipped at the south end over the loading platform. An office was enlarged into the second bay on the north end before 1909. The building is valued as a fine example of commercial and industrial architecture from an era when railroads were central to small towns and exterior design was considered a mark of a company's standing. Its detailing is described as functionally derived from its structure rather than purely ornamental. Its interior remains unfinished and utilitarian.","period_of_significance":"1883","architect_builder":"Joseph Nesbit (master builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Broken windows and a leaky roof, continuing to deteriorate from neglect, though described as still sound and restorable.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:29.150343-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/77001180.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001180/a1641990e4-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001180/a1641990e4-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milton_PA_Freight_Station_on_the_NRHP_since_April_13,_1977.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:Milton_PA_Freight_Station_on_the_NRHP_since_April_13,_1977.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"86001933","name":"Milton Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/milton-historic-district-86001933/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996580","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Freight_Station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6861085"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/northumberland-county/milton-freight-station-77001180/"}