{{Short description|Former Gettysburg Railroad train station}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = Granite | native_name = | native_name_lang = | symbol_location = | symbol = | image = | alt = | caption = | address = Granite Station Road near U.S. 30 | borough = Adams County, Pennsylvania | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|39.8554|-77.1590|display=inline,title}} | owned = | operator = | line = | distance = | platforms = | tracks = | train_operators = | connections = | structure = | parking = | bicycle = | accessible = | code = | zone = | website = | opened = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | closed = c. 1900-1910 | passengers = | pass_year = | pass_rank = | other_services_header = Former services | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Western Maryland Railway|line=Gettysburg|left=Gettysburg|right=Gulden's}} }} '''Granite station''' was the first Gettysburg Railroad train station east of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, until an American Civil War station for Camp Letterman was built near the Hunterstown Road for supplying the hospital for Battle of Gettysburg wounded. Gulden's Station was to the west near Low Dutch Road, and 600 Confederates were posted at Granite Station during Early's raids in Pennsylvania just prior to the Battle of Gettysburg.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 22, 2010 |title=Most and least effective generals at Gettysburg |url=http://civilwartalk.com/threads/most-and-least-effective-generals-at-gettysburg.16817/page-2 |publisher=CivilWarTalk.com |accessdate=2012-01-03}}</ref> The station was at the subsequent spur for the 1893 Granite Hill Railroad on a {{Convert|0.5|mi|km|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQ9HAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA116 |title=Annual report on the statistics of railways in the United States - United States. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Statistics, United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - Google Boeken |year=1893 |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref> serpentine path around Granite Hill to a quarry. The station included an 1867 grain and hay business of Philip Hann & Sons,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2dolAAAAIBAJ&pg=4223,7312299&dq=granite-station+gettysburg&hl=en|title=The Compiler - Google News Archive Search|publisher=|accessdate=29 April 2016}}</ref> the Eckenrode warehouse<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_GMmAAAAIBAJ&dq=white-hall%20gettysburg&pg=2528%2C1811449|title=Gettysburg Compiler - Google News Archive Search|publisher=|accessdate=29 April 2016}}</ref> sold in 1870,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2202&dat=19700706&id=yYglAAAAIBAJ&pg=2937,4696388|title=Gettysburg Times - Google News Archive Search|publisher=|accessdate=29 April 2016}}</ref> and the 1909 John Stallsmith warehouse.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jNc9AAAAIBAJ&pg=1251,1450268&dq=granite-station&hl=en|title=New Oxford Item - Google News Archive Search|publisher=|accessdate=29 April 2016}}</ref>
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Category:Demolished railway stations in the United States Category:Railway stations in Pennsylvania Category:Former populated places in Pennsylvania Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1858 Category:Former Western Maryland Railway stations