{"nrhp_refnum":"77001184","name":"Graver's Lane Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Gravers Lane and Reading Railroad Line","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":40.07726438200007,"lon":-75.20204772999995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1977-11-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small suburban railroad passenger station combined with a two-story residence, designed by Frank Furness and located on the Reading Railroad commuter line to Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia. The form names it Gravers Station (spelled Garvers in the significance text).","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a rich and characteristic example of Furness's work, with a varied composition of materials, textures and colors. It is described as one of the only remaining documented Railroad designs by Furness, and its attribution to him rests on signed drawings in railroad archives. Its historic value is presented as resting on that rarity.","narrative":"A brick and wood suburban station with an attached two-story residence, built around 1879 on the Reading Railroad commuter line to Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia. Frank Furness, a prominent Philadelphia architect of the post-Civil War era, designed it during his regular service for the railroad, which ran from 1879 to 1884. The building combines a Gothic-inspired residence with a waiting room, linked by contrasting brick and timber sections. A three-story semi-elliptical tower with a conical roof and dormers marks the track side, and a open shed porch with heavy woodwork faces the outgoing track. Massive brackets support deep overhangs, and the roofline is steep and irregular. The interior retains much of its brick and wood wall detailing, though its furnishings are later. The building is regarded as one of the few surviving documented railroad designs by Furness, and its picturesque accumulation of forms and patterns is the basis for its importance. Furness is credited with roughly 125 buildings and alterations for the railroad during that period.","period_of_significance":"ca. 1879","architect_builder":"Frank Furness","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":null,"vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:28.909444-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/77001184.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001184/cd6aabca93-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/77001184/cd6aabca93-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graver_Lane_SEPTA.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Smallbones</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Graver_Lane_SEPTA.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72001151","name":"Fairmount Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/fairmount-park-72001151/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997418","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravers_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5597885"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/gravers-lane-station-77001184/"}