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Jack Norris posted
Philadelphia & Reading Station in Lansdale, PA. Built by the P&R in 1902. (3/28/2025) |
Lansdale Historical Society posted two photos with the comment:
BACK THEN by DICK SHEARER
By 1900, Lansdale’s position as one of the transportation hubs of Southeastern Pennsylvania was clearly established and work was already under way to replace its 1868 wooden passenger and freight station with the new depot we have today.
To make room for the new building, the old station was propped up on rollers and moved closer to Main Street so it could still be used while construction was under way. The changeover from old to new took place over a weekend, and after an appropriate ceremony and open house the old depot was quickly dismantled and hauled away.
Legend has it that some people who took the train out of town for the weekend didn’t recognize the change in time when they returned and wound up in Hatfield before they knew it.
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Lansdale Historical Society
posted two images with the comment:
BACK THEN by DICK SHEARER
There’ s good news on the home front this month as restoration work has resumed on the Lansdale Freight House, a long-term project undertaken nine years ago by Discover Lansdale.
Thanks to state grants and the generosity of local donors, general contractor Gordon H. Baver began tackling the substantial job of rebuilding the freight house’s gutted interior into a combination Lansdale welcome center and special events venue that will be available for community meetings, wedding receptions, private parties and the like.
Funds are still needed to complete the job. A dollar-for-dollar match campaign ends JUNE 30. Please check out the freight house website at:
https://lansdalefreighthouse.org/... for details on the building’s important history and the work currently underway. And please consider contributing all summer long to help finish the job.
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