Broad Street Station (Philadelphia)
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Broad Street Station (Philadelphia) was a grand former railroad terminal in Center City Philadelphia that served as the Pennsylvania Railroad’s primary passenger station and a major hub of rail travel in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
former building
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railway station → railway terminal → |
| address |
Broad and Market Streets, Philadelphia
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| adjacentTo |
Pennsylvania Railroad viaduct along Filbert Street
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Pennsylvania Railroad viaduct along Market Street → |
| architect |
Frank Furness
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| architecturalStyle |
High Victorian Gothic
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Victorian architecture → |
| beginningOfDecline |
1920s
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| cityServed |
Philadelphia
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| closureDate |
April 27, 1952
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| connectedTo |
Suburban Station (via later PRR realignments and replacement)
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| constructionStart |
1880
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| country |
United States of America
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| demolished |
1953
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| demolitionEnd |
1953
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| demolitionStart |
1952
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| heritageStatus |
no longer extant
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| inception |
1881
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| locatedAt |
west side of City Hall, Philadelphia
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| locatedIn |
Center City, Philadelphia
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania → |
| notableFeature |
massive train shed
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| notableFor |
association with architect Frank Furness
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iconic role in Philadelphia’s railroad era → once having one of the world’s largest train sheds → |
| openingDate |
December 5, 1881
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| operatedBy |
Pennsylvania Railroad
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| ownedBy |
Pennsylvania Railroad
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| peakDailyTrains |
hundreds of trains per day at peak
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| platformConfiguration |
stub-end terminal platforms
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| primaryFunction |
commuter rail terminal
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intercity passenger rail terminal → |
| railwayNetwork |
Pennsylvania Railroad system
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| reasonForDemolition |
to make way for Penn Center redevelopment
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| rebuiltDate |
1892
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1893 → |
| rebuiltFor |
World's Columbian Exposition traffic era
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| replacedBy |
30th Street Station
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Suburban Station → |
| servedAs |
major hub of rail travel in the early 20th century
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major hub of rail travel in the late 19th century → primary passenger station of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Philadelphia → |
| siteRedevelopedAs |
Penn Center
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office towers west of Philadelphia City Hall → |
| stateServed |
Pennsylvania
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| tracksCarriedOn |
elevated viaduct
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| trainShedDesigner |
Wilson Brothers & Company
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| trainShedSpan |
one of the largest single-span train sheds of its time
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| trainShedType |
iron and glass train shed
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Broad Street Station (Philadelphia)
("Pennsylvania Railroad viaduct along Filbert Street")
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adjacentTo |
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
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built |
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Suburban Station
("Pennsylvania Railroad Suburban Station")
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formerName |
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30th Street Station
("Broad Street Station")
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replaced |
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("Broad Street station")
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stopsAt |