Cresco Station Museum
Railroad museum
About
The Cresco Station Museum is a small local history museum in the old Cresco train station, run by the Barrett Township Historical Society. Exhibits cover early schools, cemeteries, churches, Civil War artifacts, local resorts, White's Tannery and the Bark Railroad, and railroad memorabilia. You can also see a country store in the old baggage room, a barber shop and a gift shop.
The society's library and research center is across the street at 145 Sand Spring Road.
History
The Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad first came through Cresco in 1851. The present station was built in the mid 1880s and closed in 1967. The Weiler Family Foundation restored it and made it available to the historical society in 1999, which reopened it as a museum.
When to go
The society's website says the museum is open from 1 to 4 pm every Sunday from April through October. Its contact page calls the museum seasonal. From Memorial Day to Columbus Day there is a monthly performance by local musicians with an ice cream social, and an arts and crafts exhibit on the second Sunday of each month. The website also links a schedule of Steamtown excursions that stop at the station.
Price
No admission price is listed. Check the website before you go.
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