{"nrhp_refnum":"96000319","name":"Connellsville Union Passenger Depot","other_names":["Connellsville Pittsburgh &amp","Lake Erie Station"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"900 W. Crawford Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Connellsville","county":"Fayette County","state":"PA","lat":40.01654752400003,"lon":-79.59917581699995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-03-29","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-and-a-half-story brick railroad passenger station with a three-story tower at the northwest corner of West Crawford Avenue and North Seventh Street in Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1911-1912 by the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie and Western Maryland Railroads as a union station.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the depot is locally significant for its transportation history as the junction point between the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie and Western Maryland lines, and for its Mission/Craftsman architecture. It states the station is in the best condition and has the highest integrity among surviving P and LE stations, and that its tower served as a teletype room and control point for interlocking switches.","narrative":"Built in 1911-1912 by the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie and Western Maryland Railroads, this one-and-a-half-story red brick station in Connellsville stands near West Crawford Avenue, a main business street. Its hipped roofs are covered in Spanish terra cotta tiles, and wide eaves rest on chamfered timber brackets set on stone corbels. Its three-story tower housed a teletype room and served as the control point for interlocking switches between the two lines. The depot was the junction where the Western Maryland connected to the P and LE at Connellsville, and it was one of the stations used during the railroad's peak passenger years between 1910 and 1930. Passenger service ended around 1939. The interior retains marble floors, oak woodwork and original light fixtures. The nomination regards it as the best-preserved Mission-style station on the line, and it was recognized for both its transportation role and its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1911-1939","architect_builder":"Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad; Western Maryland Railroad","architectural_style":"Mission/Craftsman","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Being restored; the document states the station is currently undergoing restoration after years of use for auto dealership, auto parts and storage purposes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:37.845713-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/96000319.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000319/db9c604693-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000319/db9c604693-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Canadian2006","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_Passenger_Depot_Connellsville_Pennsylvania.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:Union_Passenger_Depot_Connellsville_Pennsylvania.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71995132","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connellsville_Union_Passenger_Depot","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5161750"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/fayette-county/connellsville-union-passenger-depot-96000319/"}