Mount Airy station is a

SEPTA Regional Rail The SEPTA Regional Rail system is a commuter rail network owned by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and serving the Philadelphia Metropolitan area. The system has 13 branches and more than 150 active stations in Philadelphi ...

station at 119 East Gowen Avenue between Devon and Sprague Streets,

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. The station building is listed on the

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and was built in 1875 with

Frank Furness Frank Heyling Furness (November 12, 1839 - June 27, 1912) was an American architect of the Victorian era. He designed more than 600 buildings, most in the Philadelphia area, and is remembered for his diverse, muscular, often unordinarily scaled b ...

as the likely architect, according to the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings project. The National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form lists the architect as unknown, but notes the similarities to the nearby

Gravers station Gravers station (formerly Graver's Lane station) is a SEPTA Regional Rail station at 300 East Gravers Lane at Anderson Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station building is on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places and the National Re ...

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. The station is in zone 2 on the

Chestnut Hill East Line The Chestnut Hill East Line is a route of the SEPTA Regional Rail (commuter rail) system. The route serves the northwestern section of Philadelphia with service to Germantown, Mount Airy, and Chestnut Hill. It is one of two lines that serve Ch ...

, on former Reading Railroad tracks, and is 9.3 track miles from

Suburban Station Suburban Station is an art deco office building and underground commuter rail station in Penn Center, Philadelphia. Its official SEPTA address is 16th Street and JFK Boulevard. The station is owned and operated by SEPTA and is one of the three ...

. In 2013, this station saw 193 boardings and 159 alightings on an average weekday. A

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formerly occupied much of the station building.

Station layout

References

External links

SEPTA – Mt. Airy StationOlder and 2005 Mount Airy RDG Station images

Gowen Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View

Station House from Google Maps Street View
SEPTA Regional Rail stations Former Reading Company stations Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Philadelphia Frank Furness buildings Railway stations in the United States opened in 1875 Mount Airy, Philadelphia {{SEPTA-stub