Reading Railroad Pottstown Station - Pottstown PA
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N 40° 14.710 W 075° 39.122
18T E 444542 N 4455173
Reading Railroad Pottstown Station was built in 1928. Reading Railroad and was active long enough to be served by SEPTA diesel service trains until 1981.
Waymark Code: WM17NNP
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 03/15/2023
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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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.

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.

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Street address:
High St. between Hanover and York Sts
Pottstown, PA


County / Borough / Parish: Montgomery

Year listed: 1984

Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event

Periods of significance: 1925-1949

Historic function: Transportation

Current function: Transportation

Privately owned?: yes

Primary Web Site: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]

Secondary Website 2: [Web Link]

Season start / Season finish: Not listed

Hours of operation: Not listed

National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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