Built 1874, 1880, 1885 Phone +1 570-668-6439 Added to NRHP 26 December 1985 | NRHP Reference # 85003164 Architectural style Italianate architecture | |
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Location Off West Broad Street,
Tamaqua, PA Address 18 N Railroad St, Tamaqua, PA 18252, USA Similar Pioneer Tunnel Coal Mine, No 9 Coal Mine and Museum, Locust Lake State Park, Pocono Mountains, Tuscarora State Park | ||
The Tamaqua Railroad Station is a historic railroad station located at Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. It was originally constructed by the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad in 1874, which had earlier acquired the Little Schuylkill Navigation Railroad and Coal Company. It is a one-story brick building in the Italianate style. An addition was made to the original 1874 building in 1880, giving it a "T-plan." In 1885, a freight house was added.
The station ceased train operations in 1961 and was formally abandoned in 1981.
In 1984, a local family offered to purchase the railroad station and proposed that the building would be turned into a museum, similar to Steamtown, U.S.A. in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 26, 1985. It is located in the Tamaqua Historic District.
Following a $1.5 million restoration, the building was reopened in 2004 as a heritage center.