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Strafford Railroad Station, East side of Old Eagle School Road, between Strafford Avenue & Penn Central Railroad tracks (Tredyffrin Township), Strafford, Chester County, PA
Summary
Significance: This structure was built in 1876 as the Centennial Catalogue Building for the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. It was then purchased at auction by the Pennsylvania Railroad for use as a railroad station.
Survey number: HABS PA-268
Building/structure dates: 1876 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1885 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1887 Subsequent Work
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Centennial Catalogue Building
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Goode, Ned, photographer
Anderson, Bart, historian
Elliot, Joseph, photographer
Location
Strafford, 40.05094, -75.40436
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
