Continuing on my recent quest of abandoned buildings I take you to the “Hunlock Creek Railroad Station” in Hunlock Creek, Pa. This building survives along Rt. 11 about twenty miles East of my home in Bloomsburg, Pa. This is a fascinating piece of architecture, whose position just off the main road is very strange in a number of respects, to say the least. It is a type of structure that was built in the 1880s by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. The whole structure was raised up about six feet and placed on a new base of cinderblocks and also turned ninety degrees from its original East-West orientation and parallel to the nearby river. This was done a few years ago when the owner planed to use the space as some type of commercial building. That commercial usage never happened, as you can plainly see from this picture. The station is very close to the Susquehanna River, which has had major flooding in recent years. I believe the newly raised cinderblock base and added foundation saved the structure from being destroyed by recent floodwaters. If you look carefully at the structure you can see the line of the original station platform. The Pagoda roof is the most striking feature of this building and a web page I’ve studied, says it’s one of only ten still surviving. Here is a link to a great web page about the “Pagoda” stations, including this particular one.
1stclass.mylargescale.com/scottychaos/DLW-Pagoda/index.html

I will be posting other pictures from inside the structure including an old player piano still inside.

I also found this youtube video that was shot a few years ago that takes you inside the station. Definitely worth watching. There is graffiti from the 1880s and early 1900s still visible on the walls.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0Ck3plmmTc

“The "Pagoda Style" depot was first built around 1883 for the expansion of the train service to Buffalo, NY. (And the style was also then used for some Pennsylvania and New Jersey depots as well.) but it is most strongly associated with the DL&W of the Southern Tier and Western NY. These were "combination" depots, which acted as both passenger stations and freight stations, and had facilities for both under one roof.”
(From Scot Lawrence Train Pages)

Here is a link to a great old photo of this station back in its day.
www.ronhontz.com/historical-articles/hunlock-train-and-st...
Interesting note here: On this old photo (Follow link) the station is labeled Hunlocks Creek. The name of the place changed at some point because here is another link to a photo of the abandoned Post Office literally across the street from the old station. ???
bender-photo.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Hun...