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Description: This 7" x 4" (17.78 x 10.16 cm) photograph shows Union Station in Columbus around 1900. Constructed between 1895 and 1899, Union Station was actually the third train station built in Columbus. It was located at the corner of High and East Naghten. The first station, built in 1851, was also located on High Street, but it proved incapable of handling the increasing train traffic of a thriving Columbus and was demolished. A new Union Station was built in 1875 and was located next to location of the previous one. As automobile use increased throughout the course of the 1900s, the popularity of Union Station dwindled. This led to its demolishion in 1976. The third Union Station was designed by Daniel Burnham, a noteworthy architect from Chicago. Burnham was a proponent of the style known as Beaux-Arts Classicism, an architectural style that is heavily influenced by the Roman and Italian Renaissance styles of architecture. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3441_5971262_001
Subjects: Columbus (Ohio); Transportation; Railroads; Photography--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)