{"nrhp_refnum":"78002384","name":"Cumberland Valley Railroad Station and Station Master's House","other_names":["Mechanicsburg Railroad Station"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2 W. Strawberry Alley and 4 W. Strawberry Alley","address_restricted":false,"city":"Mechanicsburg","county":"Cumberland County","state":"PA","lat":40.213597512000035,"lon":-77.00866632299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1978-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 1½-story brick railroad passenger and freight station of the Cumberland Valley Railroad at Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with an adjoining brick Station Master's House. The station is described as built circa 1875.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the station was one of the major passenger and freight stops on the Cumberland Valley Railroad and played an important part in the exchange of commodities and services in a town with a substantial manufacturing and commercial base. It places the station within the history of the railroad, which was chartered in 1831 and later became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad system.","narrative":"Built circa 1875 in Mechanicsburg, the brick Cumberland Valley Railroad Station is a story-and-a-half building measuring 52 by 27 feet, with a slate gable roof and a brick chimney over the ridge. Beside it stands a two-and-a-half-story brick Station Master's House with a center chimney. The railroad was chartered in 1831 and by 1875 ran 82 2/10 miles, serving Harrisburg, Mechanicsburg, Carlisle and Chambersburg. In that period Mechanicsburg had 3,081 residents and manufactured agricultural implements, carriages, iron castings and wagons, with shipments reaching France, Germany, Russia, England and Australia. The Cumberland Valley Railroad was the town's major shipping agency, and the station handled both passengers and freight. The station's trackside pent roof, paired doors with glass transoms and elongated windows remain largely intact. The structures were in good condition and were being restored when the nomination was prepared.","period_of_significance":"1870","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A"],"status_note":"The structures are in good condition, have not been subjected to severe alteration, and are currently being restored.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.269936-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/78002384.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002384/44215a2b3a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/78002384/44215a2b3a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Vamanos2000","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CVRR_NRHP_Photo.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Vamanos2000</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CVRR_NRHP_Photo.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"83002232","name":"Mechanicsburg Commercial Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/mechanicsburg-commercial-historic-district-83002232/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996460","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumberland_Valley_Railroad_Station_and_Station_Master%27s_House","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5193978"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/cumberland-county/cumberland-valley-railroad-station-and-station-masters-house-78002384/"}