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[Alabaster lamps, vestibule, stairs, Chicago & North Western Railway station, Chicago, Ill.]

[Alabaster lamps, vestibule, stairs, Chicago & North Western Railway s...

Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union Station, West Oklahoma & Railroad Avenues, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

Union Station, West Oklahoma & Railroad Avenues, Guthrie, Logan County...

Survey number: HABS OK-18 Building/structure dates: ca. 1902- ca. 1903 Initial Construction

Union Station. Inscriptions at Union Station I

Union Station. Inscriptions at Union Station I

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

Louis Justement, architect. Plans and pictures of Washington, D.C. XII

Louis Justement, architect. Plans and pictures of Washington, D.C. XII

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Southern Railway Depot, 1905 Alabama Avenue, Bessemer, Jefferson County, AL

Southern Railway Depot, 1905 Alabama Avenue, Bessemer, Jefferson Count...

Survey number: HABS AL-923 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company Station, 614 West First Street, Madison, Jefferson County, IN

Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company Station, 6...

Significance: This yellow brick passenger station was built 1894 and originally housed a telegraph and small freight office. The exterior design is relatively plain and functional though the complementary octa... More

Union Station. View of Union Station from Capitol Plaza, vertical

Union Station. View of Union Station from Capitol Plaza, vertical

Picryl description: Public domain image of a palace, villa, or large historic building, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Providence Union Station, Exchange Terrace, Providence, Providence County, RI

Providence Union Station, Exchange Terrace, Providence, Providence Cou...

Significance: The station complex was built as part of a massive redesign of the transportation facilities in Providence. The structures remain as monuments to the role they played in the regional rail transpo... More

Boston & Albany Railroad Station, Waverly Street, Framingham, Middlesex County, MA

Boston & Albany Railroad Station, Waverly Street, Framingham, Middlese...

Significance: Commissioned in October 1883, this is one of a series of stations designed by H.H. Richardson for the Boston and Albany Railroad. Henry Russell Hitchcock, Jr., in The Architecture of H.H. Richards... More

Cedar Hollow Railroad Station, Cedar Hollow Road (Tredyffrin Township), Paoli, Chester County, PA

Cedar Hollow Railroad Station, Cedar Hollow Road (Tredyffrin Township)...

Significance: This structure, built in 1872 by the Chester Valley Railroad, combines a freight and passenger station with a residence. It remains in use with few changes. Survey number: HABS PA-1199 Building... More

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Terminal Station, 1115-1141 Market Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Terminal Station, 1115-1141 Market St...

Photograph 9 removed 6/08. Correct survey is HABS PA-1527. bdzi Survey number: HABS PA-1528 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001170

Lexington & West Cambridge Railroad, Lexington Depot, Depot Square, Lexington, Middlesex County, MA

Lexington & West Cambridge Railroad, Lexington Depot, Depot Square, Le...

Significance: The Lexington & West Cambridge Railroad, incorporated by the legislature in 1845, was built to link Lexington and Arlington (then called West Cambridge) with the new line of the Fitchburg Railroad... More

Brassfield Depot, 1964 Brassfield Road (State Route 499), Brassfield, Madison County, KY

Brassfield Depot, 1964 Brassfield Road (State Route 499), Brassfield, ...

1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Second Place Significance: The Brassfield Depot is a combination passenger and freight railroad depot built circa 1893 to serve the small, rural community of Brassfield, Kentucky... More

Hightower Building, 15 South Lafayette Street, Lafayette, Chambers County, AL

Hightower Building, 15 South Lafayette Street, Lafayette, Chambers Cou...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Hightower Building, built ca. 1885, is one of the older, more prominent buildings facing the Chambers County Courthouse square. The cast iron store... More

Hightower Building, 15 South Lafayette Street, Lafayette, Chambers County, AL

Hightower Building, 15 South Lafayette Street, Lafayette, Chambers Cou...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Third Place Significance: The Hightower Building, built ca. 1885, is one of the older, more prominent buildings facing the Chambers County Courthouse square. The cast iron store... More

Southern Pacific Passenger Depot, 2 North Sacramento Street, Lodi, San Joaquin County, CA

Southern Pacific Passenger Depot, 2 North Sacramento Street, Lodi, San...

Significance: The Lodi Southern Pacific Railroad Station, completed in 1907, is a representative example of railroad architecture and, more specifically, of Southern Pacific Railroad's (SP's) use of standard de... More

Southern Pacific Passenger Depot, 2 North Sacramento Street, Lodi, San Joaquin County, CA

Southern Pacific Passenger Depot, 2 North Sacramento Street, Lodi, San...

Significance: The Lodi Southern Pacific Railroad Station, completed in 1907, is a representative example of railroad architecture and, more specifically, of Southern Pacific Railroad's (SP's) use of standard de... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harp...

Significance: The train station at Harpers Ferry provides an excellent opportunity to study the relationship between railroad engineering and railroad economics. Designed by architect E. Francis Baldwin, the s... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harp...

Significance: The train station at Harpers Ferry provides an excellent opportunity to study the relationship between railroad engineering and railroad economics. Designed by architect E. Francis Baldwin, the s... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harp...

Significance: The train station at Harpers Ferry provides an excellent opportunity to study the relationship between railroad engineering and railroad economics. Designed by architect E. Francis Baldwin, the s... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harp...

Significance: The train station at Harpers Ferry provides an excellent opportunity to study the relationship between railroad engineering and railroad economics. Designed by architect E. Francis Baldwin, the s... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harp...

Significance: The train station at Harpers Ferry provides an excellent opportunity to study the relationship between railroad engineering and railroad economics. Designed by architect E. Francis Baldwin, the s... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harp...

Significance: The train station at Harpers Ferry provides an excellent opportunity to study the relationship between railroad engineering and railroad economics. Designed by architect E. Francis Baldwin, the s... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harp...

Significance: The train station at Harpers Ferry provides an excellent opportunity to study the relationship between railroad engineering and railroad economics. Designed by architect E. Francis Baldwin, the s... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Freight Depot, Sixth & White Streets, Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railr...

Significance: Predated one year by the Illinois Central Railroad Freight House [HABS No. IA-160-G], the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Freight Depot is significant as a relatively well preserved examp... More

Vanor, Lancaster Pike & Radnor Railroad Station vicinity, Radnor, Delaware County, PA

Vanor, Lancaster Pike & Radnor Railroad Station vicinity, Radnor, Dela...

Significance: This eighteenth century farmhouse was enlarged and converted into a country house in the grand scale. Survey number: HABS PA-193 Building/structure dates: 1715 Initial Construction Building/st... More

Bronxville Railroad Station, Parkway Road at Pondfield Road, Bronxville, Westchester County, NY

Bronxville Railroad Station, Parkway Road at Pondfield Road, Bronxvill...

Significance: The Bronxville Stationof the former New York Central and Hudson River Railroad's Harlem Branch is significant as one of the most distinguished surviving railroad stations in Westchester County. It... More

Bronxville Railroad Station, Parkway Road at Pondfield Road, Bronxville, Westchester County, NY

Bronxville Railroad Station, Parkway Road at Pondfield Road, Bronxvill...

Significance: The Bronxville Stationof the former New York Central and Hudson River Railroad's Harlem Branch is significant as one of the most distinguished surviving railroad stations in Westchester County. It... More

Bronxville Railroad Station, Parkway Road at Pondfield Road, Bronxville, Westchester County, NY

Bronxville Railroad Station, Parkway Road at Pondfield Road, Bronxvill...

Significance: The Bronxville Stationof the former New York Central and Hudson River Railroad's Harlem Branch is significant as one of the most distinguished surviving railroad stations in Westchester County. It... More

Aberdeen Station, U.S. Route 45, Aberdeen, Monroe County, MS

Aberdeen Station, U.S. Route 45, Aberdeen, Monroe County, MS

Significance: In 1928 the St. Louis and San Francisco (Frisco) Railway Company completed a new rail line along the Tombigbee River to connect the recently acquired track of the Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pen... More

Vicksburg & Brunswick Depot, South Randolph Avenue, Eufaula, Barbour County, AL

Vicksburg & Brunswick Depot, South Randolph Avenue, Eufaula, Barbour C...

Significance: Built in 1872, the Vicksburg & Brunswick passenger and freight depot's Italianate architecture is representative of attractive railroad structures built in the immediate post-Civil War era as the ... More

Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Marine Terminal, 207 East Main Street, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Marine Terminal, 207 East Main Street...

Significance: This structure is an example of a heavy timber building which was constructed to accommodate commercial liaison between railroading and shipping interests during Pensacola's "lumber boom" prior to... More

Union Station, 50 East Jefferson Street, Joliet, Will County, IL

Union Station, 50 East Jefferson Street, Joliet, Will County, IL

Significance: This impressive Beaux-Arts railroad station was designed by the architect Jarvis Hunt in 1912; at its peak, the station accommodated one hundred trains daily. Survey number: HAER IL-63 Building/... More

Texas & Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot, 800 North Washington Street, Marshall Northeast, Harrison County, TX

Texas & Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot, 800 North Washington Street,...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: In 1873 Texas and Pacific Railroad acquired authority to lay tracks from Marshall to Texarkana. With the establishment of the shops and g... More

Texas & Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot, 800 North Washington Street, Marshall Northeast, Harrison County, TX

Texas & Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot, 800 North Washington Street,...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: In 1873 Texas and Pacific Railroad acquired authority to lay tracks from Marshall to Texarkana. With the establishment of the shops and g... More

Old Fernandina Depot, 100 Atlantic Avenue, Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, FL

Old Fernandina Depot, 100 Atlantic Avenue, Fernandina Beach, Nassau Co...

Significance: Completed in 1899 by the Fernandina Terminal Company of New York, the depot was constructed to replace a prior station which was destroyed in an 1898 storm. This brick structure is a typical exam... More

Old Fernandina Depot, 100 Atlantic Avenue, Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, FL

Old Fernandina Depot, 100 Atlantic Avenue, Fernandina Beach, Nassau Co...

Significance: Completed in 1899 by the Fernandina Terminal Company of New York, the depot was constructed to replace a prior station which was destroyed in an 1898 storm. This brick structure is a typical exam... More

Old Fernandina Depot, 100 Atlantic Avenue, Fernandina Beach, Nassau County, FL

Old Fernandina Depot, 100 Atlantic Avenue, Fernandina Beach, Nassau Co...

Significance: Completed in 1899 by the Fernandina Terminal Company of New York, the depot was constructed to replace a prior station which was destroyed in an 1898 storm. This brick structure is a typical exam... More

Tuckahoe Railroad Station, Columbus Avenue & Main Street, Tuckahoe, Westchester County, NY

Tuckahoe Railroad Station, Columbus Avenue & Main Street, Tuckahoe, We...

Significance: The Tuckahow Railroad Station of the former New York Central and Hudson River Railroad's Harlem branch is significant as one of the surviving stations and one of the most interesting stations erec... More

Oaklawn Avenue Waiting Station, Oaklawn Avenue at Fair Oaks Avenue, South Pasadena, Los Angeles County, CA

Oaklawn Avenue Waiting Station, Oaklawn Avenue at Fair Oaks Avenue, So...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The Oaklawn Avenue Waiting Station, designed by Charles and Henry Greene and built in 1906 is an amazing combination of redwood timber, brick, cobblesto... More

Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Union Station, 1000 West Broadway, Louisville, Jefferson County, KY

Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Union Station, 1000 West Broadway, Lo...

Significance: Located at the confluence of major east, west, north, and south rail lines, Union Station is one of the largest and finest examples of late Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Kentucky. Surv... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Laurel, 101 Lafayette Avenue, Laurel, Prince George's County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Laurel, 101 Lafayette Avenue, Laure...

Significance: The Laurel B&O Station is significant as the only surviving railroad station in Prince George's County, and an example of decorative Victorian-era railroad architecture. It was designed by Baltim... More

Virginialley Railroad Station, McLaughlin & Glasgow Streets, Lexington, Lexington, Virginia

Virginialley Railroad Station, McLaughlin & Glasgow Streets, Lexington...

Significance: This station building is an interesting survival of the Valley Railroad Company of Virginia. Survey number: HABS VA-904 Building/structure dates: 1883 Initial Construction

New Haven Railroad Station, Wyman Street, Stoughton, Norfolk County, MA

New Haven Railroad Station, Wyman Street, Stoughton, Norfolk County, M...

Significance: Historically important in railroad history and to the growth of the town. Survey number: HABS MA-972 Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction

Seaboard Airline Railway Station, Datura Street & Tamarind Avenue, Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, FL

Seaboard Airline Railway Station, Datura Street & Tamarind Avenue, Pal...

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Overbrook Railroad Station, City Avenue at Sixty-third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Overbrook Railroad Station, City Avenue at Sixty-third Street, Philade...

Survey number: HABS PA-6143 Public domain photograph of train station platform, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Overbrook Railroad Station, City Avenue at Sixty-third Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Overbrook Railroad Station, City Avenue at Sixty-third Street, Philade...

Survey number: HABS PA-6143 Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Greensburg Railroad Station, Harrison Avenue, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, PA

Greensburg Railroad Station, Harrison Avenue, Greensburg, Westmoreland...

Significance: A principal stop on the mainline of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Greensburg Station is now listed on the National Register. Survey number: HAER PA-249 Building/structure dates: 1910- 1911 I... More

New Canaan Railroad Station, Approximately 200 feet southwest of intersection of Park & Elm Streets & approximately 150 feet north of Pine Street, New Canaan, Fairfield County, CT

New Canaan Railroad Station, Approximately 200 feet southwest of inter...

Significance: Built in 1868, the New Caanan Railroad Station is significant as one of the last remaining vestiges of the New Caanan Railroad and is also one of the earliest surviving railroad stations in Connec... More

Union Pacific Station (Transfer Depot & Hotel), Twenty-first Street, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA

Union Pacific Station (Transfer Depot & Hotel), Twenty-first Street, C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS IA-30-6

Union Pacific Station (Transfer Depot & Hotel), Twenty-first Street, Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, IA

Union Pacific Station (Transfer Depot & Hotel), Twenty-first Street, C...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS IA-30-6

Kingston Railroad Station, Railroad Avenue, West Kingston, Washington County, RI

Kingston Railroad Station, Railroad Avenue, West Kingston, Washington ...

Significance: The Kingston Railroad Station is significant for its vernacular architectural quality and design, and for its role in the history of railroad transportation in Rhode Island. It has recently been ... More

Silverton Historic District, Silverton & Northern Passenger Station, Silverton, San Juan County, CO

Silverton Historic District, Silverton & Northern Passenger Station, S...

Survey number: HABS CO-53-W National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000255

Pleasant Virginialley Depot, State Route 679, Pleasant Virginialley, Rockingham County, Virginia

Pleasant Virginialley Depot, State Route 679, Pleasant Virginialley, R...

Significance: Completed in 1875, the Pleasant Valley Depot is an extant example of a series of depots built along the Valley Railroad in a period of prosperity following the Civil War. It is the last of its ki... More

Raritan Railroad Station, Sanford Street, New Brunswick, Middlesex County, NJ

Raritan Railroad Station, Sanford Street, New Brunswick, Middlesex Cou...

Significance: This one story masonry passenger station was built in 1901 to serve the prospering Raritan Railroad. Essentially intact, this passenger station survives today as one of the two remaining historic ... More

Littleton Denver & Rio Grande Western Depot, 2199 West Littleton Boulevard, Littleton, Arapahoe County, CO

Littleton Denver & Rio Grande Western Depot, 2199 West Littleton Boule...

Significance: Architecturally, the D & RGW Depot is characteristic of the railroad style of building developed in the Victorian Age. It is one of the oldest railroad depots in Colorado and one of the few surviv... More

Santa Fe Railroad Depot, 101 Garrard Boulevard, Richmond, Contra Costa County, CA

Santa Fe Railroad Depot, 101 Garrard Boulevard, Richmond, Contra Costa...

Significance: The original building was constructed to serve as a combination passenger depot, freight warehouse, and administrative office to serve the Santa Fe Railway facilities. Survey number: HABS CA-2342... More

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, West Iowa Division, Creston Station, 116 West Adams, Creston, Union County, IA

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, West Iowa Division, Creston Sta...

Significance: The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is an integral part of the town of Creston, which grew up around the railroads and received its name as a result of its locat... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Hinton Depot, Along New River near Greenbriar River, Hinton, Summers County, WV

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Hinton Depot, Along New River near Greenbr...

Significance: The extant passenger depot is the fourth structure built in Hinton for the C&O. It was erected following a 1913 fire that destroyed the 1891 brick depot. This reconstructed station was built in ... More

Montpelier Depot, State Route 20 at Orange County Road 639, Montpelier Station, Orange County, Virginia

Montpelier Depot, State Route 20 at Orange County Road 639, Montpelier...

Significance: The old Southern Railroad depot located at Montpelier Station, Virginia is an important, and presently beautifully preserved, example of those depots built by the Southern Railroad Company at the ... More

New London Railroad Station, State Street Vicinity, New London, New London County, CT

New London Railroad Station, State Street Vicinity, New London, New Lo...

Significance: This railroad station was designed by H.H. Richardson just before his death. It is one example of Richardson's notable later works of excellent design. Although Richardson died before the buildi... More

New London Railroad Station, State Street Vicinity, New London, New London County, CT

New London Railroad Station, State Street Vicinity, New London, New Lo...

Significance: This railroad station was designed by H.H. Richardson just before his death. It is one example of Richardson's notable later works of excellent design. Although Richardson died before the buildi... More

New London Railroad Station, State Street Vicinity, New London, New London County, CT

New London Railroad Station, State Street Vicinity, New London, New Lo...

Significance: This railroad station was designed by H.H. Richardson just before his death. It is one example of Richardson's notable later works of excellent design. Although Richardson died before the buildi... More

Public Square (Buildings), North Walnut, West Montgomery, North Pike, & West Main Streets, Oakland, Coles County, IL

Public Square (Buildings), North Walnut, West Montgomery, North Pike, ...

Buildings delineated include 7, 15, 23 North Walnut Street, 2, 4, 10, 12, 16 North Pike Street, 2,4,8,10,12,22,24,26 West Main Street. 1984 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Oakland, Il... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Station, Railroad Place, Southport, Fairfield County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Station, Railroad Place, South...

Significance: The N.Y., N.H. & H. Railroad first rolled through Southport in 1849, thereby establishing a fast, direct link between this small village and Eastern urban centers. In 1884 the board-and-batten de... More

Santa Fe Railroad Station, 1050 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, San Diego County, CA

Santa Fe Railroad Station, 1050 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, San Dieg...

Significance: The Santa Fe Depot is a well planned and attractive early twentieth century railroad station. It is a very good example of the Mission style which flourished in San Diego at the time of the 1915 ... More

Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe Railroad Station, Perry, Noble County, OK

Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe Railroad Station, Perry, Noble County, OK

Survey number: HABS OK-37 Public domain photograph of Oklahoma, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old Frisco Depot, 550 West Dickson, Fayetteville, Washington County, AR

Old Frisco Depot, 550 West Dickson, Fayetteville, Washington County, A...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The numbers nailed above the front door give the street address 550 West Dickson not well known as addresses go, but surely affixed to one of the most popular... More

Boston & Albany Railroad Station, Auburndale, Middlesex County, MA

Boston & Albany Railroad Station, Auburndale, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: Commissioned in 1881, this is the first station designed by H.H. Richardson for the Boston and Albany Railroad. Henry Russell Hitchcock in The Architecture of H.H. Richardson and His Times has de... More

Union Pacific Railroad Depot, Intersection of Kelbaker & Kelso Cima Roads, Kelso, San Bernardino County, CA

Union Pacific Railroad Depot, Intersection of Kelbaker & Kelso Cima Ro...

Significance: Construction of the railway line between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles, via Las Vegas, began in 1901 with the formation of the San Pedro, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake Railroad Company by prominent ... More

Southern Pacific Railroad Station, 310 South Seventh Street, Springfield, Lane County, OR

Southern Pacific Railroad Station, 310 South Seventh Street, Springfie...

Significance: The Springfield Depot is built in the Stick Style commonly used in construction of railroad stations throughout the United States. This aspect is important when weighted against the similar railr... More

Southern Pacific Railroad Station, 310 South Seventh Street, Springfield, Lane County, OR

Southern Pacific Railroad Station, 310 South Seventh Street, Springfie...

Significance: The Springfield Depot is built in the Stick Style commonly used in construction of railroad stations throughout the United States. This aspect is important when weighted against the similar railr... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Twenty-fourth & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Twenty-fourth & Chestnut Streets, P...

Survey number: HABS PA-1220 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Twenty-fourth & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Twenty-fourth & Chestnut Streets, P...

Survey number: HABS PA-1220 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Twenty-fourth & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Twenty-fourth & Chestnut Streets, P...

Survey number: HABS PA-1220 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Panoramic view of Washington, D.C.,  Panoramic Photograph

Panoramic view of Washington, D.C., Panoramic Photograph

Five-part panorama shows the mall area of Washington, D.C., and surrounding buildings, from the Smithsonian Institution Building (now the "Castle"). Left section shows Washington Monument under construction in ... More

Williamstown Railroad Station, North Hoosac Road & Cole Avenue, Williamstown, Berkshire County, MA

Williamstown Railroad Station, North Hoosac Road & Cole Avenue, Willia...

Significance: Constructed on the site of earlier railroad buildings, the Williamstown Station was an important station on the east-west Massachusetts rail corridor. The building is a fine example of a typical ... More

Williamstown Railroad Station, North Hoosac Road & Cole Avenue, Williamstown, Berkshire County, MA

Williamstown Railroad Station, North Hoosac Road & Cole Avenue, Willia...

Significance: Constructed on the site of earlier railroad buildings, the Williamstown Station was an important station on the east-west Massachusetts rail corridor. The building is a fine example of a typical ... More

Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Union Station Train Shed, Water Street, opposite Lee Street, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Union Station Train Shed, Water Stree...

Significance: The Union Station Trainshed in Montgomery, Alabama is a rare survival of a once common building type. It was the outgrowth of a desire by railroad companies to improve passenger comfort, which th... More

Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Union Station Train Shed, Water Street, opposite Lee Street, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Union Station Train Shed, Water Stree...

Significance: The Union Station Trainshed in Montgomery, Alabama is a rare survival of a once common building type. It was the outgrowth of a desire by railroad companies to improve passenger comfort, which th... More

Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Union Station Train Shed, Water Street, opposite Lee Street, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Union Station Train Shed, Water Stree...

Significance: The Union Station Trainshed in Montgomery, Alabama is a rare survival of a once common building type. It was the outgrowth of a desire by railroad companies to improve passenger comfort, which th... More

Plains Depot, Hudson & Main Streets, Plains, Sumter County, GA

Plains Depot, Hudson & Main Streets, Plains, Sumter County, GA

Significance: Although architecturally modest, the wood-frame depot was the significant factor in the founding of Plains. When the railroad was built in 1885, the towns of Magnolia Springs and the Plain of Dura... More

Plains Depot, Hudson & Main Streets, Plains, Sumter County, GA

Plains Depot, Hudson & Main Streets, Plains, Sumter County, GA

Significance: Although architecturally modest, the wood-frame depot was the significant factor in the founding of Plains. When the railroad was built in 1885, the towns of Magnolia Springs and the Plain of Dura... More

Main Street Station, 1520 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Main Street Station, 1520 East Main Street, Richmond, Independent City...

Significance: The Main Street Station, one of the few French Renaissance buildings in Richmond, exemplifies a standard train station plan of the late-nineteenth century. Designed by Wilson, Harris and Richards... More

Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Broad Street Station, Broad & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Broad Street Station, Broad & Market St...

Survey number: HABS PA-1527 Public domain photograph of shopping center, department store building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Baltimore Union Station, Driveways, North of Jones Falls Expressway, between Charles Street & Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Baltimore Union Station, Driveways, North of Jones Falls Expressway, b...

Significance: The Baltimore Union Station Driveways are an intrinsic component of a notable early twentieth century Beaux-Arts monument. Designed by New York architect Kenneth W. Murchison, Baltimore Union Sta... More

Baltimore Union Station, Driveways, North of Jones Falls Expressway, between Charles Street & Saint Paul Street, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Baltimore Union Station, Driveways, North of Jones Falls Expressway, b...

Significance: The Baltimore Union Station Driveways are an intrinsic component of a notable early twentieth century Beaux-Arts monument. Designed by New York architect Kenneth W. Murchison, Baltimore Union Sta... More

St. Louis, San Francisco Railroad Station, Perry, Noble County, OK

St. Louis, San Francisco Railroad Station, Perry, Noble County, OK

Survey number: HABS OK-38 Public domain photograph - 1930s California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pennsylvania Railroad Station, 47 Walnut Street, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad Station, 47 Walnut Street, Johnstown, Cambria Co...

Written data includes photocopies of floor plans. Significance: Johnstown historically was an important freight and passenger stop on the main line of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The station's architectural gran... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Point of Rocks Station, Near State Route 28, Point of Rocks, Frederick County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Point of Rocks Station, Near State Route 28...

Significance: The elaborate architecture of the Point of Rocks Railroad Station testifies to the significance of the railroad as the dominant institution in post- Civil War America, especially in small towns. ... More

Missouri Pacific-Texas Pacific Railroad Station, Tenth & Jackson Streets, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, LA

Missouri Pacific-Texas Pacific Railroad Station, Tenth & Jackson Stree...

Significance: This passenger station is closely related to the history of Alexandria's growth as a commercial, religious and transportation center. A discussion of this phenomenon is, thus, necessary. Survey ... More

Missouri Pacific-Texas Pacific Railroad Station, Tenth & Jackson Streets, Alexandria, Rapides Parish, LA

Missouri Pacific-Texas Pacific Railroad Station, Tenth & Jackson Stree...

Significance: This passenger station is closely related to the history of Alexandria's growth as a commercial, religious and transportation center. A discussion of this phenomenon is, thus, necessary. Survey ... More

Southern Pacific Mole & Pier, Seventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Southern Pacific Mole & Pier, Seventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County,...

Significance: Site first used in an organized transportation system as ferry landing in 1862, then called Oakland Point, though used as a landing since founding of Oakland in 1852. Became terminus of transconti... More

Southern Pacific Mole & Pier, Seventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Southern Pacific Mole & Pier, Seventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County,...

Significance: Site first used in an organized transportation system as ferry landing in 1862, then called Oakland Point, though used as a landing since founding of Oakland in 1852. Became terminus of transconti... More

Southern Pacific Mole & Pier, Seventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County, CA

Southern Pacific Mole & Pier, Seventh Street, Oakland, Alameda County,...

Significance: Site first used in an organized transportation system as ferry landing in 1862, then called Oakland Point, though used as a landing since founding of Oakland in 1852. Became terminus of transconti... More

Union Station, Water Street, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Union Station, Water Street, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Significance: Montgomery's Union Station is an impressive Romanesque structure, and an excellent example of late nineteenth century commercial architecture. Its size, the ambitiousness of its design, and its o... More

Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Open Concourse & Concourse Roof Extension, 1101 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Open Concourse & Concourse Roof Extensi...

Written data includes photocopies of photographs. Significance: This architecturally and historically significant railroad station symbolizes the importance of railroads to the development of the region. The op... More

Atlantic City Union Station, 2121-2125 Arctic Avenue, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, NJ

Atlantic City Union Station, 2121-2125 Arctic Avenue, Atlantic City, A...

Significance: Atlantic City Union Station is significant as an expression of corporate architecture from the second quarter of the 20th century. Its classic facade, art deco detailing, and substantial presence ... More

Ambler Railroad Station, Main Station, North side of Butler Avenue, east & west of Reading Railroad tracks, Ambler, Montgomery County, PA

Ambler Railroad Station, Main Station, North side of Butler Avenue, ea...

Survey number: HABS PA-6051-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boston & Albany Railroad Station, Palmer, Hampden County, MA

Boston & Albany Railroad Station, Palmer, Hampden County, MA

Significance: Commissioned in August, 1881. This is the second of a series of stations designed by H.H. Richardson for the Boston and Albany Railroad. Survey number: HABS MA-664 Building/structure dates: 188... More

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