Image: Nixon Lane Philly

Description: The Shawmont Station, formerly a stop on the Manayunk SEPTA line until 1996. The station is part of the Upper Roxborough Historic District, on the NRHP since May 2, 2001. The district is roughly bounded by Shawmont Avenue, Hagy's Mill Road, and the Schuylkill River in the Roxborough neighborhood of NW Philadelphia. The Historic District also extends a few yards into Montgomery County to the next station on the line. The Shawmont Station is definitely part of the Historic District, but is just south of Shawmont Avenue, just off Nixon Street at the Schuylkill River, with the Manayunk Trail coming within a few yards. The NRHP Nomination Inventory reads: "26. Nixon Street Shawmont Railroad Station c. 1855 This 2-story train station, formerly of the Reading Railroad, has a rubble foundation, stuccoed walls (formerly scored and painted reddish brown, presumably to imitate brownstone masonry), a wood awning extending the length of the building along the tracks (for waiting passengers), 6/6 double-hung wood sash windows, a bracketed cornice , and a gabled, asphalt shingle roof. There is a two-story residential addition on the rear of the building which forms an overall L-shape plan." Recently, there seems to be new evidence that the building was built in 1835, which I have been unable to confirm, which would make the building the oldest extant passenger railway station in the nation.
Title: Nixon Lane Philly
Credit: Own work
Author: Smallbones
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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