Mount Airy station

{{Short description|SEPTA train station in Mount Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox station | name = Mount Airy | style = SEPTA | style2 = SEPTA Regional Rail | symbol_location = septa | symbol = septa | image = Mt Airy Station.JPG | image_caption = | address = 119 East Gowen Avenue between Devon and Sprague Streets,<br>[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. | coordinates = | line = [[Chestnut Hill East Branch]] | other = | structure = | platform = 2 [[side platform]]s | depth = | levels = | tracks = 2 | parking = | bicycle = | baggage_check = | opened = 1875 | closed = | rebuilt = | electrified = February 5, 1933<ref>{{cite news |title=New Electric Schedule |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57806419/norristown-chestnut-hill-electric/ |access-date=August 21, 2020 |work=The Scranton Times |date=February 4, 1933 |page=12|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}</ref> | accessible = No | code = | owned = [[Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority|SEPTA]] | zone = 2 | former = | passengers = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | pass_system = | services = {{Adjacent stations|system=SEPTA|line=Chestnut Hill East|left=Wyndmoor|right=Sedgwick}} | other_services_collapsible = yes | other_services_header = Former services | other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Reading Company|line=Chestnut Hill Branch|left=Mermaid|right=Sedgwick}} | nrhp = {{Infobox NRHP | embed = yes | name = Mt. Airy Station | image = | caption = | location = East Gowen Avenue<br>[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S. | coordinates = {{coord|40|3|53.71|N|75|11|29.77|W|display=inline,title}} | mapframe = yes | mapframe-custom = {{Infobox mapframe |shape=none |line=none |marker=rail |marker-color=#{{rcr|SEPTA|Chestnut Hill East}} |zoom=14 }} | area = | built = 1875 | architecture = Stick/eastlake | added = September 22, 1977<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2007a}}</ref> | visitation_num = | refnum = 77001186 | visitation_year = }} }} '''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.<ref>{{Philadelphia Architects and Buildings |pj=30118 |Mount Airy Station}}</ref> 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 style architecture in the United States|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.<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71997420 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pennsylvania SP Mt. Airy Station|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= Madeline L. Cohen|date=n.d. | access-date=January 6, 2026 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf |publisher=SEPTA |date=May 2014 |title=Fiscal Year 2015 Annual Service Plan |page=62 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812142611/http://www.septa.org/reports/pdf/asp15.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-12}} {{small|(539 KB)}}</ref>

A [[used book store]] formerly occupied much of the station building.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Ubinas |first1=Helen |title=A beloved bookstore lives on |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20140817_A_beloved_bookstore_lives_on.html |website=www.philly.com |publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer |access-date=January 21, 2019 |date=August 16, 2014}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} * {{SEPTA links}} *[http://www.west2k.com/papix/mtairy.jpg Older and 2005 Mount Airy RDG Station images] *[https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.06496,-75.190526&spn=0.003908,0.013475&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.06507,-75.190412&panoid=UMuHOBSdyJLxikTcAqM0uA&cbp=12,279.79,,0,0.49 Gowen Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View] *[https://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=40.065034,-75.190698&spn=0.003908,0.013475&z=17&layer=c&cbll=40.06494,-75.191275&panoid=MVuOG4O5ZsL9R4st8G5rsw&cbp=12,8.51,,0,3.5 Station House from Google Maps Street View]

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