Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed | |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
Coordinates | 39°56′21″N 75°10′04″W / 39.93917°N 75.16778°W |
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Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1876 |
Built by | Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad |
Architect | Fuller, Sidney T. |
Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 11000649[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 8, 2011 |
The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed is an historic
History and notable features
The site had long been used by the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad; in 1865, President Abraham Lincoln's funeral train made its first Philadelphia stop here.[2]
In 1876, the railroad began construction on the shed, a large one-and-one-half-story brick and stone building in the Late Gothic Revival style. It measures 99 feet, 5 inches wide and 235 feet long. It has a long, sloping roof supported by a Fink truss system, with glazed monitors.[3]
The shed was used for passenger trains for four years, but was used solely for freight operations after January 1882.[2]
The passenger station, along Washington Avenue, was demolished by the federal government during World War II to make space to store Marine Corps munitions and vehicles awaiting transport.[2] By the late 1960s, the shed was sold for use as a warehouse. The head house and eight eastern bays were demolished a few years later.[2]
In 2011, the shed was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
In 2016, developer Alterra Property Group began work on Lincoln Square, a $100 million mixed-use development on the site.[4] The shed was rehabilitated and an eastern entrance added to create a space for a Sprouts supermarket.[5] Designed by Philadelphia architectural firm Kelly Maiello,[5] the project received several awards for preservation and adaptive reuse.[6][7]
References
- ^ a b c "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/06/11 through 9/09/11. National Park Service. 2011-09-16.
- ^ a b c d PIDCphila. "LINCOLN SQUARE – PIDC". Retrieved 2022-01-04.
- ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Shelby Weaver Splain and Eric DeLony (February 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ Adelman, Jacob (14 March 2016). "Lincoln Square project calls for apartments, retail at Broad and Washington". Philly.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Lincoln Square Historic Train Shed Adaptive Reuse". www.kmarchitects.com. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
- ^ Staff, Preservation Pennsylvania Editorial (2019-06-26). "2019 PA Historic Preservation Awards". Preservation Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
- ^ "2019 Preservation Awards". Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia. Retrieved 2022-01-04.
External links
Media related to Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Freight Shed at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-1611, "Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, Freight Station, Fifteenth & Carpenter Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA", 10 photos, 2 photo caption pages