{"nrhp_refnum":"91002012","name":"Reading Railroad Freight Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of S. Fifth and St. Louis Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Lewisburg","county":"Union County","state":"PA","lat":40.96341407400007,"lon":-76.88721237699997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1992-01-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-one-half story brick and frame freight station at the corner of South Fifth and St. Louis Streets in Lewisburg, Union County, Pennsylvania, built in 1884 for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.","why_significant":"The station is significant for its eclectic late Victorian design, with arcaded brickwork and ornate bracketed eaves, and as the only surviving building of Lewisburg's former railroad activity, having survived from among four stations. It is regarded as a fine example of railroad station architecture in Union County.","narrative":"Built in 1884 by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad at the corner of South Fifth and St. Louis Streets in Lewisburg, this one-and-one-half story brick and frame freight station combines eclectic late Victorian design with arcaded brickwork, white sandstone springers and corbels, and bracketed eaves supported by turned trusses. The railroad reached Lewisburg from the south in 1881 and linked the town to the anthracite coal region, Reading, and Philadelphia, serving local nail, agricultural equipment, furniture, and flour and textile mills. The station is the only survivor among Lewisburg's four railroad stations and is regarded as a fine example of railroad station architecture in Union County. Abandoned by Conrail in the mid 1970s, it stood vacant until 1986, when the exterior was restored and the interior adapted for offices. Its original freight doors remain visible in their raised position, and the building is listed for its architecture and its link to the town's rail past.","period_of_significance":"1884-1941","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late Victorian (eclectic); the document suggests influence of the Queen Anne and Stick styles","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Abandoned by Conrail in the mid 1970s, vacant until 1986, then restored on the exterior and adapted for office use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:36.617765-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/91002012.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91002012/d857625a29-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/91002012/d857625a29-1600.webp","licence":"CC0","author":"Smallbones","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reading_Railroad_Freight_Station,_Lewisburg,_Union_County,_PA.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:Reading_Railroad_Freight_Station,_Lewisburg,_Union_County,_PA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"04000759","name":"Lewisburg Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/lewisburg-historic-district-04000759/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996250","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewisburg_freight_station","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7300547"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/union-county/reading-railroad-freight-station-91002012/"}