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in a 5-stamp "Railroad Stations" series. The stamp illustrations were made by Down the Street Designs, and Derry Noyes served as the art director.
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In 1984, a local family offered to purchase the railroad station and proposed that the building would be turned into a museum, similar to
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In 1880, an addition was made to the original 1874, giving it a T-plan. In 1885, a freight house was added.
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Following a $ 1.5 million restoration, the building was reopened in 2004 as a heritage center.
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The station ceased train operations in 1961 and was formally abandoned in 1981.
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Reading Railroad

Tamaqua, Pennsylvania
40°47′53″N 75°58′12″W / 40.7980°N 75.9701°W / 40.7980; -75.9701
Italianate
Reading Railroad
Newkirk
Pottsville
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
85003164
Tamaqua, Pennsylvania
Tamaqua Historic District
National Register of Historic Places
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Little Schuylkill Navigation, Railroad and Coal Company
Italianate
Steamtown, U.S.A.
Scranton
National Register of Historic Places
USPS
Forever stamp


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
Tamaqua Railroad Station - Historical Chronology
"National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania"
the original
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Reading Railroad: Passenger Station (Tamaqua)"

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