PHILADELPHIA — The interior of Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station has been added to the local historic register by the Philadelphia Historical Commission, a move protecting the space from modification.
It becomes just the fourth interior space in Philadelphia so protected. The interior was nominated, philly.com reports, by a consultant to the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia, in consultation with Amtrak, the building’s owner. The consultant, Ben Leech, cited the interior’s historical and architectural significance, and its status as one of Philadelphia’s “most iconic and trafficked public spaces.”
The station was built between 1929 and 1933 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Amtrak’s Great American Stations website notes that the building was designed by Alfred Shaw of the architectural firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, and that the building itself has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978.
Amtrak is currently preparing a major update to the station, which in turn is part of a project, the 30th Street Station District Plan, to develop the area around the structure.
