{"nrhp_refnum":"95000554","name":"Stewartstown Engine House, Stewartstown Railroad","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"N. Hill St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Stewartstown","county":"York County","state":"PA","lat":39.75461510100007,"lon":-76.59606974199994,"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 railroad engine house on North Hill Street in Stewartstown Borough, York County, Pennsylvania, at the eastern terminus of the Stewartstown Railroad. It is believed to date from about 1884, the time the railroad was built.","why_significant":"The building is one of the few remaining structures of the Stewartstown Railroad and is described as the only engine house of its type still existing in York County. Its simple design reflects the railroad's role in moving goods between local merchants and the Northern Central Railway, and the nomination ties it to the economic difficulties the line faced.","narrative":"Built about 1884 alongside the Stewartstown Railroad, this engine house stands on North Hill Street in Stewartstown Borough, just west of the railroad station at the line's eastern terminus. Its long side walls run parallel to the tracks, and a gable roof with exposed rafter tails covers an interior work area used for maintaining engines and cars out of the weather. Two large bay doors on the facade once allowed locomotives and cars to pass directly inside, and the rails still run beneath them. Four 6/6 windows and a board and batten door appear on the east elevation, and a wheel or inspection pit lies near the center of the interior. A small cement block addition projects from the north side. The railroad linked local merchants to the Northern Central Railway at New Freedom, and the building is regarded as the only engine house of its type still standing in York County. The building is now vacant.","period_of_significance":"c. 1884 - 1942","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"No style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Vacant and suffering from lack of maintenance, although its integrity is described as intact.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:35.898849-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/95000554.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000554/813d7c1546-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000554/813d7c1546-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Purple pirouette","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stewartstown_PA_Engine_House.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:Stewartstown_PA_Engine_House.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71994087","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewartstown_Engine_House,_Stewartstown_Railroad","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7616019"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/york-county/stewartstown-engine-house-stewartstown-railroad-95000554/"}