Tamaqua station

Tamaqua is disused railway station located in the Tamaqua Historic District,[1] Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was originally constructed by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1874, which had earlier acquired the Little Schuylkill Navigation Railroad and Coal Company.[2] It is a one-story brick building in the Italianate style. An addition was made to the original 1874 building in 1880, giving it a "T-plan." In 1885, a freight house was added.[3]

Tamaqua
Former Reading Railroad station
Tamaqua station in July 2010
Location18 N. Railroad S.,
Tamaqua, PA
Coordinates40.7980°N 75.9701°W / 40.7980; -75.9701
Construction
Architectural styleItalianate
History
Opened1874
Closed1961
Rebuilt1880, 1885
Reading Railroad Passenger Station—Tamaqua
NRHP reference No.85003164[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 26, 1985

The station ceased train operations in 1961 and was formally abandoned in 1981.[4]

In 1984, a local family offered to purchase the railroad station and proposed that the building would be turned into a museum, similar to Steamtown, U.S.A. in Scranton, Pennsylvania.[5]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 26, 1985, as the Reading Railroad Passenger Station--Tamaqua.

Following a $1.5 million restoration, the building was reopened in 2004 as a heritage center.[6]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Tamaqua Railroad Station - Historical Chronology
  3. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Michael Havrischak (August 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Reading Railroad: Passenger Station (Tamaqua)" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-06-03.
  4. Adams, Charles J. (2004). Coal Country Ghosts, Legends and Lore. Exeter House Books. ISBN 1-880683-20-2.
  5. "RAIL STATION MAY BECOME A MUSEUM". Philadelphia Inquirer. October 11, 1984. p. B25 Local. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
  6. History of Tamaqua Railroad Station Tamaqua Railroad Station foundation, accessed February 5, 2010.
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