Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Summary
Structure is associated with the McMillan Plan for Washington, D.C.
Significance: Key element in the McMillan Commission's plan to redevelop Washington following City Beautiful precepts. Was designed to centralize and consolidate train access to Washington, while at the time providing a monumental, impressive introduction to the city for arriving visitors. Architect Burnham was the "father of the City Beautiful planning movement in America.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-96
Survey number: HABS DC-139
Building/structure dates: 1903-1908 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1975 Subsequent Work
Tags
railroad stations
visitors centers
arcades architectural components
city beautiful movement
washington city
union
union station
northeast
massachusetts avenue northeast
washington dc
district of columbia
daniel h burnham
historic american buildings survey
liz jandoli
louis saint gaudens
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
architecture
united states history
library of congress
historic massachusetts
Date
1908 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Burnham, Daniel H
Saint-Gaudens, Louis
Jandoli, Liz, transmitter
Location
Union Station
,
38.89789, -77.00609
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html