Pottstown station

Pottstown, now referred to as the Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center, is a bus terminal for the Pottstown Area Rapid Transit located in Pottstown, Pennsylvania. The station was built in 1928 as a train station for the Reading Railroad and was active long enough to be served by SEPTA diesel service trains until 1981. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 12, 1984, as the Reading Railroad Pottstown Station, and is located in the Old Pottstown Historic District, close to the Schuylkill River Trail.[3]

Reading Pottstown station from parking lot

Pottstown
Charles W. Dickinson Transportation Center Colebrookdale Railroad heritage railroad station PART bus terminal Former SEPTA regional rail station
High St. between Hanover and York Streets, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Connections	Schuylkill River Trail  PART bus lines  SEPTA 93 to Norristown
History
Closed	July 26, 1981[1]
Services
Preceding station Colebrookdale Railroad Following station Terminus Secret Valley Line Boyertown Terminus
Former services Preceding station SEPTA Following station Royersford Closed 1981 toward Reading Terminal Norristown Line Birdsboro Closed 1981 toward Pottsville Linfield Closed 1978 toward Reading Terminal Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station Linfield toward Norristown Main Line Stowe toward Pottsville Terminus Colebrookdale Railroad Mill Park toward Barto
Reading Railroad Pottstown Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates	40°14′41″N 75°39′9″W
Area	1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built	1928
Architect	Dillenbeck, Clark
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	84003514[2]
Added to NRHP	January 12, 1984

The station was designed in the Classical Revival style by the railroad's engineering staff rather than by an outside architect. Stations built in the nineteenth century by the Reading Railroad had usually been designed by outside architects, including Frank Furness. During the twentieth century, the railroad became less profitable and most stations were designed in simpler styles in-house.[3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

References

1. "Rail Service Marks End of an Era". The News Herald. Perkasie, Pennsylvania. July 29, 1981. p. 1. Retrieved February 4, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
2. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
3. Mintz, Elizabeth (1983). "Reading Railroad - Pottstown Station" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved December 24, 2013.

External links

• Media related to Reading Railroad Pottstown Station at Wikimedia Commons