TULPENHOCKEN STATION RESTORATION

At the heart of the Tulpehocken Station Historic District is the train station itself, which fell into disrepair from about 1970 on. Designed by William Brown and William Bleddyn Powell and built in 1878, the station served as a ticket office with an upstairs apartment until its eventual vacancy a full century later.

In 2007, Jeff Smith spearheaded the Save Tulpehocken Station subcommittee of WCGN to help bring the station back to its former glory. Upon the securing of Federal Stimulus funds, SEPTA began its renovations in 2010, restoring the building according to historic preservation guidelines.

Tulpehocken Station now has a new roof, new roof timbers and complete repairs to the building shell and main structure. Once water and sewer service are restored to the building, it can be finished to accommodate a business on the first floor and perhaps an apartment on the second.

More photographs and information are included in this NewsWorks article.

TULPEHOCKEN STATION GARDEN
With the station stabilized, WCGN formed a garden committee in 2012 that has partnered with SEPTA and the Philadelphia Orchard Project (POP) to bring to life an orchard and native garden where once were strewn mountains of trash amongst weeds and weed-trees.
Now as passengers alight from the train they are welcomed to our neighborhood by a lovely green space, which–thanks to the many neighbors who have volunteered to help–just keeps getting more beautiful. More information is on our Tulpehocken Station Garden Page.