{"nrhp_refnum":"86001689","name":"Pennsylvania Railroad Station-Latrobe","other_names":["Latrobe Passenger Station"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Depot St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Latrobe","county":"Westmoreland County","state":"PA","lat":40.318581477000066,"lon":-79.38522853699999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-07-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story eclectic Victorian railroad passenger station of red brick with limestone and terra cotta trim, located along the main line tracks about two blocks from the center of Latrobe in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad.","why_significant":"The station is significant for its distinctive eclectic Victorian architecture, which the nomination says is unique among major stations on the western division of the main line. It is also significant as an important passenger transportation center on that division, handling heavy passenger traffic from the early twentieth century through 1950. Its original passenger shelters are noted as rare survivors on the line.","narrative":"Built in 1903 along the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Latrobe, this one-story station is a rectangular red brick building with limestone and terra cotta trim. Its eclectic Victorian design includes a gable that cuts across the roofline above the main waiting room, a pediment with stone finials and terra cotta volutes, and dormers with polychrome hoods. The waiting room has a walnut panelled ceiling, and the baggage and women's waiting rooms have yellow pine woodwork. Two 120-foot passenger shelters with iron posts and steel cross beams stand on elevated platforms that were built with the line's elevation. Between 1910 and the 1950s, the station was one of the busiest passenger stops between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh, with about thirty-two daily and weekly trains stopping in 1910. Its architecture and surviving shelters distinguish it from other stations on the line.","period_of_significance":"1900-1949","architect_builder":"Wm. H. Brown, Chief engineers; G. C. Clarke, asst. engr., H.S. Kerbaugh, constructor","architectural_style":"Eclectic Victorian","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Two trains still stop at the station, but the ticket office is closed and the building stands idle; the station has been sold from the Pennsylvania Railroad to private owners.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:33.549071-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/86001689.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001689/050613b5ff-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86001689/050613b5ff-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Canadian2006","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Latrobe-pennsylvania-railroad-station.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian2006</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:Latrobe-pennsylvania-railroad-station.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996185","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latrobe_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11347160"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/westmoreland-county/pennsylvania-railroad-station-latrobe-86001689/"}