Union Station
- Style
- Richardsonian Romanesque
- City
- Louisville, KY
Union Station opened in 1891 as Louisville's passenger railroad depot, built in the Richardsonian Romanesque style with a rock-faced stone facade and a corner tower. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
the building
The Grand Hall window. A stained-glass rose window rises over the Grand Hall, one of the 1891 depot's signature Richardsonian Romanesque details.
the style
Union Station's Richardsonian Romanesque style shows in its rock-faced stone facade and corner tower, built for the depot in 1891.
More on Richardsonian Romanesquesignificance
Rather than being demolished, the former passenger depot survives as a restored landmark on the National Register of Historic Places, now used as offices for the Transit Authority of River City (TARC) instead of as an operating transit station.
nearby
- Louisville and Nashville Railroad Office Building
- Sears, Roebuck and Company Store
- Louisville Free Public Library, Western Colored Branch
- Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Temple
- Chestnut Street Methodist Church
- Gene Snyder United States Courthouse