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Station · Washington, D.C., United States
Union StationSuspected
- Dated
- Dated 1903–08
- Declared purpose
- Union railroad station
- Today
- Survives, still a station
- Build time
- About 5 years (1903–08)
- Region
- United States
- Architect of record
- Daniel Burnham, architect: about 57 when credited (1903, born 1846). Build time on record: about 5 years (1903–08).All architects of record →
- On the list as
- Suspected
Why it's on the list
A vaulted Roman-bath hall finished in about five years.
Hidden history
Found, Not Built
Daniel Burnham's station after the Chicago fair: a vaulted Roman hall modelled on the Baths of Diocletian and the Arch of Constantine.
Why researchers flag it
A vaulted Roman-bath hall finished in about five years.
From fair to station
Burnham ran the construction of the 1893 Chicago fair. A decade later he delivered this.
Roman baths for trains
Its hall copies Roman baths. Researchers ask why rail stations so often look like ancient temples.
Questions worth asking
- How was a hall this size finished in about five years?
Possible original uses
- Transit hall
- Civic gathering place
What the photos show
Sources
Further viewing
Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.
