Connellsville Union Passenger Depot

Connellsville Union Passenger Depot
Connellsville Union Passenger Depot, July 2009
Connellsville Union Passenger Depot is located in Pennsylvania
Connellsville Union Passenger Depot
Location within Pennsylvania
Connellsville Union Passenger Depot is located in the United States
Connellsville Union Passenger Depot
Location within the United States
Location900 W. Crawford Ave., Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°0′59″N 79°35′58″W / 40.01639°N 79.59944°W / 40.01639; -79.59944
Arealess than one acre
Built1911-1912
Built byPittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad; Western Maryland Railroad
Architectural styleBungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.96000319[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 29, 1996

Connellsville Union Passenger Depot, also known as the Connellsville Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Station, is a historic railway station located at Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built between 1911 and 1912 by the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad and Western Maryland Railway. It is a 1 1/2-story, rectangular brick building measuring 109 feet by 28 feet. It features a three-story tower, wide overhanging eaves, and hipped roofs on the building and tower covered in blue-green Spanish terra cotta tiles. It is in an American Craftsman style of architecture. It ceased use as a passenger station in 1939, after which it housed a car dealership and auto parts store. It was purchased by the Youghiogheny Opalescent Glass Company in the spring of 1995.[2]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Clinton E. Piper (September 1995). National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Connellsville Union Passenger Depot. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved December 20, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Crossland
toward Pittsburgh
 Youghiogheny Branch Terminus
Preceding station Western Maryland Railway Following station
Terminus Cumberland – Connellsville Indian Creek
toward Cumberland
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