{"nrhp_refnum":"95000546","name":"Shrewsbury Railroad Station, Stewartstown Railroad","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S. Main St. at Stewartstown RR tracks","address_restricted":false,"city":"Shrewsbury","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":39.75724678700004,"lon":-76.67772531399999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-05-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Transportation"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former brick railroad station of the Stewartstown Railroad at the intersection of South Main Street and the railroad tracks in Shrewsbury Borough, York County, Pennsylvania. It was built around 1910 by the Stewartstown Railroad Company.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the station is significant for its role in serving merchants east of New Freedom Borough by moving goods to the junction with the Northern Central Railway. It is also presented as distinctive because it is built entirely of brick, unlike most other York County stations, which are frame, and because it is the smallest of the county's stations while serving both passengers and freight.","narrative":"Built around 1910 by the Stewartstown Railroad Company, this brick station stands at the intersection of South Main Street and the railroad tracks in Shrewsbury Borough, York County. The building is three bays wide and four bays long, with a hipped roof that extends over a front porch supported by two brick piers. Soldier course lintels top its windows and doors. It was divided into two sections: an office and passenger waiting area at the south end, and a freight house with large bay doors occupying roughly half the building to the north. The station was built nearly thirty-five years after the Stewartstown Railroad line opened, and likely replaced an earlier depot. The railroad linked Stewartstown Borough with the Northern Central Railway and carried goods for merchants east of New Freedom Borough. The station is regarded as unusual among York County depots for its all-brick construction and its small size. It has been vacant in recent years.","period_of_significance":"c. 1910 - 1942","architect_builder":"Stewartstown Railroad Company (builder)","architectural_style":null,"criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Standing vacant, with windows covered by plywood; described as in good condition with very good integrity.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.870437-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/95000546.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000546/031e3bfd08-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000546/031e3bfd08-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Purple pirouette","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shrewsbury_Railroad_Station,_Stewartstown_Railroad,_PA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Purple pirouette</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:Shrewsbury_Railroad_Station,_Stewartstown_Railroad,_PA.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994083","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrewsbury_station_(Pennsylvania)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7503688"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/shrewsbury-railroad-station-stewartstown-railroad-95000546/"}