The above picture was taken from a display at the Historical Society of Millersburg and Upper Paxton Township. It shows the Civil War era railroad station in one of its early configurations. The left side of the photo is the north facing part of the building, while the right side shows the west facing side which was parallel to the Northern Central Railroad tracks. Note the balcony around the second floor and the absence of a second floor bay window on the west facing side. The photo caption reads:
This our first hotel, and used by the boatmen, was named the Summit Branch Hotel when the Summit Branch Railroad bought the Lykens Valley Railroad in 1866. It was located at the canal basins where this Railroad meets the Northern Central Railway at Lenkerville. Part of the building was used as our first passenger depot until our present one was built at Center Street in 1898.
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Previously published in Civil War Railroad Structures of Millersburg, 13 April 2016.