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Laurys station (Lehigh Valley Railroad)

Coordinates: 40°43′24″N 75°31′49″W / 40.7234°N 75.5302°W / 40.7234; -75.5302
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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

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.

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. Free access icon
  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. Free access icon

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