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Blue plaque № 29256

Lewistown, PA, United States

Lewistown Station. The oldest surviving structure known to have been built by the Pennsylvania Railroad, this station was constructed in 1848-49 as a freight handling warehouse. On September 1, 1849, this was the scene of a banquet celebrating the opening of the railroad to Lewistown. The building w

as renovated and converted into a passenger station in 1868.

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