Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company
Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company | |
 Chester Waterside Station, 1998 | |
  Location within Pennsylvania  Location within the United States | |
| Location | 2501 Seaport Dr., Chester, Pennsylvania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°49′45″N 75°23′02″W / 39.82917°N 75.38389°W |
| Area | 11.9 acres (4.8 ha) |
| Built | 1916 |
| Architect | Windrim, John T.; Eglin, William C.L. |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts, Neoclassical |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000467[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 24, 2007 |
Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company is a historic former coal-fired power station, located on the Delaware River in Chester, Delaware County, southeastern Pennsylvania.[2]
Built by the Philadelphia Electric Company, it is currently owned by the PECO Energy Company of the Exelon Corporation.[2] The complex has been converted into an office building.[3][4]
Architecture
The original section of the Station building was built in 1916, and consists of the Boiler House with attached Coal Towers and Turbine Hall, and the Switch House. The complex was designed by architect John T. Windrim and engineer William C.L. Eglin, and featured then recent advances in generating technology and industrial construction.[2] The principal facades were designed in the Beaux-Arts style.
The Turbine Hall Annex addition was built in 1939-1942.[2]
Also located on the property is the two-story, red brick Machine Shop building, designed in 1925. It was also built by the Philadelphia Electric Company.[5]
History
The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
The Chester Waterside Station was documented by the federal HAER−Historic American Engineering Record, with extensive exterior and interior photography by renowned architectural photographer Jack Boucher in 1997 and 1998; architectural drawings; and a detailed descriptive report of the facility design and history, and its contemporary industrial history contexts.[6]
In 2016, the machine shop was converted into a 16,500 square foot indoor training facility and offices for the Philadelphia Union Major League Soccer club.[7]
See also
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 HAER: Chester Station Report . accessed 12.28.2014
- ↑ "2501 Seaport Dr, Chester, PA 19013 - Building 1".
- ↑ "Error processing request".
- ↑ Suzanna Barucco (March 2007). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Chester Waterside Station of the Philadelphia Electric Company. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 18, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
- ↑ HAER Chester Station index
- ↑ "Philadelphia Union Announce Naming Rights Partner for Power Training Complex". www.philadelphiaunion.com. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
External links
Chester Waterside Station
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- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-505, "Delaware County Electric Company, Chester Station, Delaware River at South end of Ward Street, Chester, Delaware County, PA", 112 photos, 8 color transparencies, 13 measured drawings, 77 data pages, 8 photo caption pages
- Coal-fired power stations in Pennsylvania
- Buildings and structures in Delaware County, Pennsylvania
- Chester, Pennsylvania
- Delaware River
- Exelon
- Energy infrastructure completed in 1916
- Former coal-fired power stations in Pennsylvania
- Former power stations in Pennsylvania
- Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
- Historic American Engineering Record in Philadelphia
- Beaux-Arts architecture in Pennsylvania
- Energy infrastructure on the National Register of Historic Places
- National Register of Historic Places in Delaware County, Pennsylvania