Lowellville Railroad Station
Why it's listed
This small frame railroad depot in Lowellville, Ohio, was built in 1880 to serve a town at the southeastern end of the Mahoning Valley's industrial district. The building is a plain long rectangle on a stone foundation, with a slight projection on the south side for the telegraph office. Its walls have vertical-board wainscoting below and horizontal clapboard above, and a low hip roof with wide eaves carried on long diagonal brackets. The west end held the baggage room, the east end the passenger waiting room, and the ticket and telegraph office sat between them. The original interior finish of vertical tongue-and-groove boards survives, though deteriorated. The station was part of the Lawrence Division of the Ashtabula, Youngstown and Pittsburg Railroad, later absorbed into larger railroad systems. Trains used it until the early 1950s. It was listed as a modest, well-preserved example of a vanishing building type. The city now owns it and uses it for storage, while residents have studied possible new uses.
Significance in brief: The nomination presents it as a modest, well-preserved example of the vanishing small-town railroad station, built to serve an important industrial town of the Mahoning Valley. Its design is described as functional and attractive without pretension, with an affinity to the Stick Style. It also reflects the rail link between the Great Lakes and the Pittsburgh industrial area.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 76001480, listed July 30, 1976. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence medium).
Key facts
| Address | Penn Central RR., Lowellville |
|---|---|
| County | Mahoning County |
| Listed | July 30, 1976 |
| Reference number | 76001480 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Architectural style | Stick Style (affinity noted) |
| Areas of significance | Transportation |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Owned by the City of Lowellville and currently used for storage; a local community effort has been studying adaptive use. Railroad use continued until the early 1950s. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 41.03539, -80.53690 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For an income-producing building, listing (individually or as a contributing building in a district) is the gateway to the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit on qualified rehabilitation costs, often stackable with state credits. Work claiming the credit must follow the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and be approved in advance.
Listing does not restrict a private owner acting without federal money or permits; where federal funding or licensing is involved, Section 106 review applies.
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.
Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 76001480.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikidata Q138562152
- This listing as JSON
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