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Union Depot & Ferry House, Historic View, Market Street, San Francisco...

Public domain image of a train ferry, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Norfolk & Western Freight Depot, Ninth & Eleventh Streets at bank of J...

Survey number: HABS VA-1130 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Pacific Branch, Streetc...

2014 Leicester B. Holland Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: The Streetcar Depot (or Trolley Station) is a former Southern Pacific Railroad passenger depot (1893-1908), built in the Queen Anne style. The d... More

Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Shelton Avenue, Alexandria, Huntingdon ...

Significance: This served as Alexandria's first railroad station from 1897 to 1903. The railroad purchased this section of the canal in 1866, but did not close it until 1875; thus, the transportation industry i... More

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

Strafford Railroad Station, East side of Old Eagle School Road, betwee...

Significance: This structure was built in 1876 as the Centennial Catalogue Building for the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. It was then purchased at auction by the Pennsylvania Railroad for use as a... More

Fleetwood Railroad Station, Broad Street at MacQuesten Parkway, Fleetw...

Significance: The station of the former New York Central and Hudson River Railroad's Harlem Branch is significant as one of the surviving stations erected during the period in the first decades of the 20th cent... More

Union Pacific Passenger Station, 121 West Fifteenth Street, Cheyenne, ...

Survey number: HABS WY-80 Building/structure dates: 1887 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1929 Subsequent Work National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 73001934

Union Pacific Railroad Depot, 1701 Eastover Terrace, Boise, Ada County...

Survey number: HABS ID-33 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000730

Union Pacific Railroad Depot, 1701 Eastover Terrace, Boise, Ada County...

Survey number: HABS ID-33 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000730

Railroad Depot, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, AZ

Survey number: HABS AZ-11 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 74000337

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

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Depot, 500 Railroad Avenue, Las Ve...

Significance: The Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Depot replaced the two-story wood building that initially served the railroad customers in Las Vegas, and its construction is a testament to the prosperity ... More

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

Alaska Railroad Depot, Seward, Kenai Peninsula Borough, AK

Survey number: HABS AK-45-E Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Llyswen Station, 218 Logan Boulevard, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Survey number: HABS PA-5898 Building/structure dates: 1895- 1896 Initial Construction

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Illinois Central Railroad Passenger...

Significance: The Illinois Central Railroad has clearly been the most important rail carrier to serve Dubuque. Although built as the second passenger depot on the site in 1945, this structure is historically s... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Illinois Central Railroad Passenger...

Significance: The Illinois Central Railroad has clearly been the most important rail carrier to serve Dubuque. Although built as the second passenger depot on the site in 1945, this structure is historically s... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Illinois Central Railroad Passenger...

Significance: The Illinois Central Railroad has clearly been the most important rail carrier to serve Dubuque. Although built as the second passenger depot on the site in 1945, this structure is historically s... More

Fork Union Depot, State Route 6, Cohasset, Fluvanna County, Virginia

Significance: Although its importance is primarily local, the Fork Union Depot in its history and architecture is typical of the small station houses on the C & O and other American railroad lines, built around... More

Fork Union Depot, State Route 6, Cohasset, Fluvanna County, Virginia

Significance: Although its importance is primarily local, the Fork Union Depot in its history and architecture is typical of the small station houses on the C & O and other American railroad lines, built around... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Camden Station, Warehouse Office Building, ...

Survey number: HABS MD-326-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Lackawanna Terminal, Main Str...

Significance: The terminal's double deck train shed, attributed to Lincoln Bush, is considered to be significant as an early example of the innovative use of reinforced concrete. Unprocessed Field note materia... More

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

Bath Railroad Station, 15 Commercial Street, Bath, Sagadahoc County, M...

Significance: The Bath Railroad Station is an excellent example of the Late-Georgian influenced Colonial Revival style as exemplified by the Flemish bond brickwork, the round arched, fan-lit openings above the ... More

Matawan Passenger Railroad Station, 1 Railroad Plaze, between Main Str...

Significance: Good example of mid-Victorian railroad architecture. One of the few 19th century railroad stations still actively used in this area. Survey number: HABS NJ-873

Matawan Passenger Railroad Station, 1 Railroad Plaze, between Main Str...

Significance: Good example of mid-Victorian railroad architecture. One of the few 19th century railroad stations still actively used in this area. Survey number: HABS NJ-873

Woodsdale Station, State Route 1322, Woodsdale, Person County, NC

Significance: This station, ca. 1880, was built and used by the Lynchburg & Dyrham Railway. In 1892 the Norfolk & Western Railway leased and in 1899 bought the road. This station is a good example of a small co... More

Oregon Short Line Railroad Station, Sixth West Street, Logan, Cache Co...

Significance: A well-maintained late 19th century railroad depot. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS UT-44 Building/structure dates: ca. 1898 Initial Construction

Oregon Short Line Railroad Station, Sixth West Street, Logan, Cache Co...

Significance: A well-maintained late 19th century railroad depot. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-5 Survey number: HABS UT-44 Building/structure dates: ca. 1898 Initial Construction

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

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

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 Station, Jackson Place & Illinois Street, Indianapolis, Marion C...

Significance: The station is an excellent example of the American Romanesque Revival style of architecture strongly influenced by the work of H.H. Richardson. The exterior is unusual in the skillful combining ... More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Southern Pacific Depot, 21 East Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, San Mateo C...

Significance: Frame with clapboarding, 65' x 50', two stories with one-story wings, hip roofs with wooden shingles, bracketed eaves, overhanging roof on first-story level supported by columns on E elevation; wa... More

Southern Pacific Depot, 21 East Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, San Mateo C...

Significance: Frame with clapboarding, 65' x 50', two stories with one-story wings, hip roofs with wooden shingles, bracketed eaves, overhanging roof on first-story level supported by columns on E elevation; wa... More

Southern Pacific Depot, 21 East Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, San Mateo C...

Significance: Frame with clapboarding, 65' x 50', two stories with one-story wings, hip roofs with wooden shingles, bracketed eaves, overhanging roof on first-story level supported by columns on E elevation; wa... More

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

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Wisconsin Central Freight Station, 10-...

Significance: The Wisconsin Central Freight Station (Chicago Great Western Warehouse) is sited at "Bridge Square" at the eastern end of the Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District, where the primary downtown st... More

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Wisconsin Central Freight Station, 10-...

Significance: The Wisconsin Central Freight Station (Chicago Great Western Warehouse) is sited at "Bridge Square" at the eastern end of the Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District, where the primary downtown st... More

Minneapolis Warehouse District, Wisconsin Central Freight Station, 10-...

Significance: The Wisconsin Central Freight Station (Chicago Great Western Warehouse) is sited at "Bridge Square" at the eastern end of the Minneapolis Warehouse Historic District, where the primary downtown st... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Chicago, Burlington & Northern Rail...

Significance: As a remnant of a nationally important rail system, the Chicago, Burlington and Northern Passenger Depot is historically significant. Its extensive alterations, however, have compromised the buil... More

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

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

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Frederick Station, Southeast Corner of Mark...

Survey number: HAER MD-18 Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Boston & Albany Railroad Station, Wellesley, Norfolk County, MA

Significance: Commissioned in 1884, this is one of a series of railroad stations designed by H.H. Richardson for the Boston and Albany Railroad. Henry Russell Hitchcock in The Architecture of H.H. Richardson a... More

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

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

Survey number: HABS PA-1527 Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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 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 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

Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad Depot, State Route 151, Arcad...

Significance: The Vicksburg, Shreveport & Pacific Railroad depot was built sometime around 1909-1914 on its present location in Arcadia, Louisiana. It was operated by the V,S,&P along the line then known as th... More

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

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

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

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

Crestwood Railroad Station, Fisher Avenue at Columbus Avenue & Crestwo...

Significance: The Crestwood Railroad Station of the former New York Central and Hudson River Railroad's Harlem branch is significant as one of the surviving stations erected during the period in the first decad... More

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

B & O Railroad, Mount Royal Station, Cathedral Street at Mount Royal A...

Significance: Built in 1896, this station is a well designed structure of its type, from both aesthetic and functional standpoints. Survey number: HABS MD-193 Building/structure dates: 1896 National Registe... More

Back Bay Station, 145 Dartmouth Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: This station stands where the Boston and Providence Railroad and the Boston and Albany Railroads originally crossed in the middle of the Back Bay's waters. It has been the site of a major passeng... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

American Railway Express Company Freight Building, 1060 Northeast Divi...

Survey number: HABS OR-168 Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Railway Express Company Freight Building, 1060 Northeast Divi...

Survey number: HABS OR-168 Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Railway Express Company Freight Building, 1060 Northeast Divi...

Survey number: HABS OR-168 Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

American Railway Express Company Freight Building, 1060 Northeast Divi...

Survey number: HABS OR-168 Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

Scarsdale Railroad Station, East Parkway, Scarsdale, Westchester Count...

Significance: The Scarsdale Railroad Station of the former New York Central and Hudson River Railroad's Harlem branch is significant as one of the most beautiful stations erected during the period in the first ... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Station & Freight House, 98 Baltimore Road,...

Significance: Located on the Metropolitan Line of the B & O Railroad, the Rockville passenger station has served the area's transportation needs continuously since its openings in 1873. A simple, well executed... More

Pennsylvania Station, New York Terminal Service Plant, 250 West Thirty...

Significance: The New York Terminal Service Plant was constructed as an integral component of the original Pennsylvania Station complex and served as a power generation and control center for the station, its t... More

Pennsylvania Station, New York Terminal Service Plant, 250 West Thirty...

Significance: The New York Terminal Service Plant was constructed as an integral component of the original Pennsylvania Station complex and served as a power generation and control center for the station, its t... More

Pennsylvania Station, New York Terminal Service Plant, 250 West Thirty...

Significance: The New York Terminal Service Plant was constructed as an integral component of the original Pennsylvania Station complex and served as a power generation and control center for the station, its t... More

Pennsylvania Station, New York Terminal Service Plant, 250 West Thirty...

Significance: The New York Terminal Service Plant was constructed as an integral component of the original Pennsylvania Station complex and served as a power generation and control center for the station, its t... More

Pennsylvania Station, New York Terminal Service Plant, 250 West Thirty...

Significance: The New York Terminal Service Plant was constructed as an integral component of the original Pennsylvania Station complex and served as a power generation and control center for the station, its t... More

Merion Railroad Station, Main Station, Civic Circle, Merion Park, Mont...

Survey number: HABS PA-6145-A Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Salem Passenger Station & Freight Depot, 500 Thirteenth Street Southea...

Significance: It is significant as an execution of a standard Southern Pacific Railroad depot design in the early 1900s. The station is typical of depots of this era, but is architecturally unique within the Or... More

Salem Passenger Station & Freight Depot, 500 Thirteenth Street Southea...

Significance: It is significant as an execution of a standard Southern Pacific Railroad depot design in the early 1900s. The station is typical of depots of this era, but is architecturally unique within the Or... More