Lansdale, PA: 1868+1903 Reading Depots

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Street View, Aug 2019

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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