Re: (erielack) Help save the Nicholson station

[Dlw1el2_@_aol.com]

Are we talking the old wooden building in town, that was on the original  
line?
 
Bob Bahrs
 
 
In a message dated 8/21/2010 9:40:02 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
thollritt_@_yahoo.com writes:

Nicholson, Pa.
The Nicholson Heritage Association  is raising funds to purchase and 
renovate the former Delaware, Lackawanna and  Western Railroad's Nicholson 
Station. The historic landmark, which has  remained virtually unchanged for more 
than 160 years, will be turned into a  museum focusing on Nicholson and its 
influences.
"By preserving one  of Nicholson's remarkable historic buildings, the 
Heritage Association will  foster pride within our small town," said Marion 
Sweet, association  chairwoman.
The station, the association notes, has historical significance  to all of 
Northeast Pennsylvania. In May 1878, the first telephone service in  the 
area connected the Nicholson station to the DL&W Scranton station,  about 21 
miles south. In 1855, the local U.S. post office moved from the edge  of the 
settlement to the Nicholson station. With the completion of the Clarks  
Summit-Hallstead Cut-off, also referred to as the Nicholson Cut-off, in 1915,  
passenger service started from the new brick and concrete station next to the  
just completed Nicholson Bridge, or Tunkhannock Viaduct. After 1915, the  
station handled all freight, including after the merger of the DL&W with  the 
Erie Railroad to become the Erie Lackawanna Railroad. Due to financial  
hardship, the EL permanently closed the station in 1971.

Donations may  be mailed to the association at P.O. Box 496, Nicholson, PA 
18446.

Todd  ~



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