Connellsville Union Passenger Depot

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]

Connellsville Union Passenger Depot
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Connellsville Union Passenger Depot, July 2009
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Location	900 W. Crawford Ave., Connellsville, Pennsylvania
Coordinates	40°0′59″N 79°35′58″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1911-1912
Built by	Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad; Western Maryland Railroad
Architectural style	Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference No.	96000319[1]
Added to NRHP	March 29, 1996

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

See also

• Connellsville station

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania". CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Archived from the original (Searchable database) on 2007-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-23. Note: This includes Clinton E. Piper (September 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Connellsville Union Passenger Depot" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-23.

External links

• Youghiogheny Opalescent Glass Company

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