Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station

Location: Quakertown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
Surnames/tags: Train_Station Freight_Station National_Register_of_Historic_places

Biography

Quakertown Passenger and Freight Station ^[1] was designed by the Wilson Bros. & Company in 1889 and built by Cramp and Co. for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1902 for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company ^[2] and served passengers for more than 80 years around 1974 the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority assumed operation of all remaining Reading Company passenger operations, including its tracks and stations. On May 5th 1989 the building was attacked by an arsonist ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
2. ↑ Quakertown Train Station Wikipedia accessed 6/1/2018
3. ↑ Quakertown Train Station Fire Article in the Morning Call reported on May 9th 1989 [1]