Laurys station (Lehigh Valley Railroad)

Laurys station, also known as Laury's station, was a Lehigh Valley Railroad station in Laurys Station, Pennsylvania. Both the station and locality drew their name from David Laury, a local notable who established a hotel on the site in 1832 and later served as postmaster.

Laurys
Sketch of single-story station front
Front elevation of Laurys station
General information
Coordinates40°43′24″N 75°31′49″W / 40.7234°N 75.5302°W / 40.7234; -75.5302
Line(s)
History
Opened1855 (1855)
ClosedMay 1938 (1938-05)
Former lines
Preceding station Lehigh Valley Railroad Following station
Slatington
toward Buffalo
Main Line Catasauqua
Treichler
toward Buffalo
Cementon

Service began at Laurys in 1855 with the opening of the Lehigh Valley Railroad.[1] As was common for that era, it used a locally-constructed building.[2] The railroad added an engine house in 1859.[3]

The railroad constructed a new brick passenger station building in 1884.[4] It was designed by Walter Gilman Berg. It was a single-floor structure with, appropriately for the region, a slate roof. The building measured 34 by 25 feet (10.4 m × 7.6 m). It contained separate waiting rooms for men and women, including toilets for both; an agent's office; and a baggage room.[5]

Passenger service to Laurys ended in May 1938; the station and freight house were town down the following September.[6]

Notes

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  1. ^ Mathews & Hungerford 1884, p. 528
  2. ^ Sayre 1899, p. 18
  3. ^ Sayre 1899, p. 39
  4. ^ "New Depot". The Allentown Democrat. April 16, 1884. p. 2. Retrieved August 7, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.  
  5. ^ Berg 1893, p. 296
  6. ^ "Laurys Fading Off The Map". The Plain Speaker. September 24, 1938. p. 5. Retrieved August 7, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.  

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