Broad Street Station (Philadelphia)

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former building railway station railway terminal

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Broad Street Station	1
Broad Street Station (Philadelphia) canonical	1
Broad Street station	1
Pennsylvania Railroad Suburban Station	1
Pennsylvania Railroad viaduct along Filbert Street	1

Statements (51)

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

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pennsylvania Railroad Company → built → Broad Street Station (Philadelphia) ⓘ

30th Street Station → replaced → Broad Street Station (Philadelphia) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broad Street Station

J → stopsAt → Broad Street Station (Philadelphia) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broad Street station

Broad Street Station (Philadelphia) → adjacentTo → Broad Street Station (Philadelphia) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad viaduct along Filbert Street

Suburban Station → formerName → Broad Street Station (Philadelphia) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad Suburban Station