Photo: Detroit Publishing Co. , publisher · Public domain · via Library of Congress via Wikimedia Commons
Station · Nashville, United States
Union StationSuspected
- Dated
- Dated 1898–1900
- Declared purpose
- Union railroad station
- Today
- Survives, hotel
- Build time
- About 2 years
- Region
- United States
- Architect of record
- Richard Montfort, engineer: about when credited (1898, born ). Build time on record: about 2 years.All architects of record →
- On the list as
- Suspected
Why it's on the list
A castle-like stone station built in about two years, just after the 1897 fair.
Hidden history
Found, Not Built
A Romanesque stone station with a clock tower, opened in 1900, three years after Nashville's centennial fair.
Why researchers flag it
A castle-like stone station built in about two years, just after the 1897 fair.
After the fair
It followed the 1897 Tennessee Centennial Exposition.
A castle for trains
A tower with turrets like a castle.
Questions worth asking
- Where did the stone masons come from, so soon after the fair?
Possible original uses
- Station
- Hotel
What the photos show
Detroit Publishing - Union Station, Nashville, Tenn.circa 1900date QS:P,+190 · Public domain
North side and west front - Union Station, 1001 Broadway, Nashville, Davidson County, TN HABS TENN,19-NASH,19-1Documentation compiled a · Public domain
West front and south side - Union Station, 1001 Broadway, Nashville, Davidson County, TN HABS TENN,19-NASH,19-3Documentation compiled a · Public domain
Nashville Union Station, Broadway and 10th Avenue, Nashville, TN (54383407562)2024-05-28 17:43 · CC BY-SA 2.0
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Sources
Further viewing
Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.
