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Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: April 30, 2015
Caption: Cumberland Valley Railroad Passenger Station
Additional Description: (located below the National Register of Historic Places plaque)
1867
In 1867, the Cumberland Valley Railroad completed this station, Mechanicsburg's first and only. Previously, passengers boarded at the Railroad Hotel, located near where the east end of the Strawberry Alley municipal parking lot is now. It served CVRR passengers until 1919, when the Pennsylvania Railroad bought out the CVRR, and then served PRR passengers until service ended in 1952.

In 1975, the Borough of Mechanicsburg purchased the railroad properties from the Penn Central Railroad. It was in sad condition. The station was renovated by the borough as office and council chamber spaces, which served until 2003. In 2005 it was purchased by the Mechanicsburg Museum Association. It now serves as main office, display space, and event space for the association.
Submitted: May 1, 2015, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p306805
File Size: 2.710 Megabytes

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