Union Station
- Architect
- Theodore Link
- Year
- 1892
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- City
- St. Louis, MO
- Collection
- romanesque revival
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Union Station opened in 1892 to a design by architect Theodore Link in the Romanesque Revival style. Beyond its architecture, the station is recognized as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark for its large train shed, a major engineering achievement of its time. It remains a major, well-documented St. Louis landmark with a prominent Romanesque facade and tower visible from the street.
the building
The train shed. Union Station's train shed was a large-scale engineering achievement in its own right, significant enough that the station holds a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark designation alongside its architectural recognitions.
the style
Theodore Link designed the station in the Romanesque Revival style, giving it the prominent Romanesque facade and tower that remain visible from the street today.
More on Romanesque Revivalthe architect
Union Station was designed by architect Theodore Link.
significance
Union Station is a National Historic Landmark, is listed among the Landmarks of St. Louis, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is separately recognized as a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark (OSM heritage=2).
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