Mount Airy
General information
Location119 East Gowen Avenue between Devon and Sprague Streets,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Owned bySEPTA
Line(s)Chestnut Hill East Branch
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
Fare zone2
History
Opened1875
ElectrifiedFebruary 5, 1933[1]
Services
Preceding station SEPTA Following station
Wyndmoor
toward Chestnut Hill East
 Chestnut Hill East Line Sedgwick
toward 30th Street Station
Former services
Preceding station Reading Railroad Following station
Mermaid
toward Chestnut Hill
 Chestnut Hill Branch Sedgwick
toward Philadelphia
Mt. Airy Station
Mount Airy station is located in Philadelphia
Mount Airy station
Mount Airy station is located in Pennsylvania
Mount Airy station
Mount Airy station is located in the United States
Mount Airy station
LocationEast Gowen Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Coordinates40°3′53.71″N 75°11′29.77″W / 40.0649194°N 75.1916028°W / 40.0649194; -75.1916028
Built1875
Architectural styleStick/eastlake
NRHP reference No.77001186
Added to NRHPSeptember 22, 1977[2]

Mount Airy station is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at 119 East Gowen Avenue between Devon and Sprague Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was built in 1875 with Frank Furness as the likely architect.[3] The National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form lists the architect as unknown, but notes the similarities to the nearby Gravers station which was designed by Furness. Both stations display an aggressively styled roofline in the Queen Anne Stick Style. The Mount Airy station's roof is described as "combining hipped, gabled, jerkinhead designs with a double splayed profile" and the Graver's Lane Station might be considered even more aggressive.[4]

The station is in zone 2 on the Chestnut Hill East Line, on former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 9.3 track miles from Suburban Station. In 2013, this station saw 193 boardings and 159 alightings on an average weekday.[5]

A used book store formerly occupied much of the station building.[6]

Station layout

G Street level Exit/entrance
P
Platform level 		Side platform, doors will open on the right
Inbound ←      Chestnut Hill East Line toward 30th Street (Sedgwick)
Outbound ←      Chestnut Hill East Line toward Chestnut Hill East (Wyndmoor) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

  1. ^ "New Electric Schedule". The Scranton Times. February 4, 1933. p. 12. Retrieved August 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  3. ^ Mount Airy Station data from the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings (PAB) project of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia
  4. ^ Cohen, Madeline L. "Mt. Airy Station, Reading Railroad" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. Retrieved January 2, 2014.
  5. ^ "Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan" (PDF). SEPTA. May 2014. p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-08-12. (539 KB)
  6. ^ Ubinas, Helen (August 16, 2014). "A beloved bookstore lives on". www.philly.com. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

External links

SEPTA Regional Rail stations
US National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania
Frank Furness
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