Coraopolis Railroad Station

Coraopolis Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	Neville Ave. and Mill St., Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
Coordinates:	40°31′8″N 80°9′50″W / 40.51889°N 80.16389°W / 40.51889; -80.16389Coordinates: 40°31′8″N 80°9′50″W / 40.51889°N 80.16389°W / 40.51889; -80.16389
Area:	0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
Architect:	Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge
Architectural style:	Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	79002156[1]
Added to NRHP:	April 20, 1979

The Coraopolis Railroad Station is located in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. The train station was built in 1895 by the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, and designed by architects Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge in Richardsonian Romanesque style. According to the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, the "use of this particular style in the Pittsburgh area, especially work by Shepley, Rutan, and Coolidge, represents an important aspect of the architectural history of the Pittsburgh area."^[2]

The building and its sister stations in Glassport and New Castle were constructed in the late 1890s as part of an expansion of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad's commuter line into the suburbs of Pittsburgh.^[2]

The building was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places by the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation in 1978.^[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 20, 1979.^[1] Its addition to the list announced by the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.^[3] At the time, the building was still owned by the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad and was occupied by an auto equipment dealer.^[3]

In 1999, the Coraopolis Economic Revitalization Corporation, Inc. (CERC) proposed using the railroad station as the basis for a future development, including a museum and a "Corapolis Station Square."^[4]

See also

Media related to Coraopolis Railroad Station at Wikimedia Commons

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

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Schmidlapp, Ellis L.; Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation (10/4/1978). "Coraopolis Railroad Station" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form. National Park Service. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Cory Rail Station on Historic List". Beaver County Times: p. D-6. May 13, 1979. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vuxVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5EANAAAAIBAJ&pg=5751,3366795. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 
4. ^ Barnes, Doug (October 24, 1999). "Railroad, River Museum Closer to Reality". Beaver County Times: p. A14. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_V0tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FdoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1257%2C5814856v. Retrieved 2011-06-07. 

Gallery

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  A CSX GE C40-9W locomotive rolls past the Coraopolis Railroad Station in the rain

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  Detail of the station tower

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  Detail of the boarded-up eyebrow window