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From Septa News...

5/13/02 - SEPTA=92S HISTORIC STRAFFORD STATION HONORED WITH AN OUTSTANDING PRESERVATION PROJECT AWARD 

PHILADELPHIA, PA (May 13, 2002) =96 The SEPTA Strafford Station will be 
honored on May 15 with a 2002 Outstanding Preservation Project Award from 
the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia.

The award, to be presented at a ceremony and luncheon at 11:30 a.m. in the 
Millennium Room at Loews Philadelphia Hotel, 1200 Market Street, is in 
recognition of recent efforts by SEPTA and DPK&A Architects to restore and 
preserve the circa 1880 Strafford Station. 

The Preservation Alliance considers the work at Strafford Station an 
outstanding restoration and rehabilitation project of a historic railroad 
structure. Through the years the station has endured severe acts of nature, 
relocation from neighboring Wayne, and a damaging fire in June 1999. 

=93The restoration work at Strafford Station was done with such quality that 
it retained the historic fabric of the building,=94 said Randy Cotton, 
Assistant Director of the Preservation Alliance. =93We were impressed with 
SEPTA=92s commitment to finish the restoration project even after the fire. 
This project is another in a chain of successful restoration projects by 
SEPTA. It=92s good to see an agency committed to preserving history.=94

A journey on SEPTA=92s R5 Thorndale/Paoli regional rail line provides a 
direct link from Philadelphia to the Main Line. Exit the line at Strafford 
and you=92ll uncover a direct link to the past. 

Featuring late Victorian Stick Style architecture, the Strafford Station 
had remained largely unaltered since 1884 with the exception of the loss of 
the original slate roof and decorative roof cresting. A new ground story 
was built in 1884 raising the building to track level to accommodate the 
higher elevation at Strafford after its move from Wayne.  
 
Now riders are again discovering an elaborate edifice that has managed to 
resist the test of time thanks to the $4.3 million rehabilitation project.

A recently completed stage of the rehabilitation project attached new slate 
roofs using original material. The comprehensive project also involved 
repainting based on historic paint analysis and millwork, timber, and 
plaster restoration. Platform canopies shelters and stairs were also 
refurbished. The station building was moved approximately 50 feet while 
working on the platform.

As part of the renovation project, the Strafford Station will be ADA 
accessible for riders with disabilities with such features as tactile 
platform warning edges, ramp systems to the inbound and outbound platforms, 
new lighting as well as an accessible ticket window and restroom facility.

The Strafford Station renovation project is in its final stages and 
scheduled for completion in May. 



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