Nashville Union Station and Trainshed
Hotel and former railroad terminal in Nashville, Tennessee. Added to the National Register in 1969, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Nashville's Union Station is a former railroad terminal designed by Henry Hobson Richardson and Richard Montfort that was constructed beginning in 1898 and officially opened over two years later in 1900. Montfort - an engineer of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N) - spent several years planning the building's construction, and it is now known for its striking Romanesque Revival architecture that stands out from other train stations of the time. At the time, Nashville was becoming a modern metropolis in the South, and the terminal was created to cater to an increasing amount of guests who used trains to reach the city. The station served passengers of multiple railroads, the most prevalent of which being the L&N and the Nashville, Chattanooga, & St. Louis Line (NC&StL).
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Broadway and 10th Ave., Nashville, TN |
| County | Davidson County |
| Listed | Dec 30, 1969 |
| Reference number | 69000178 |
| Type of place | railway station, union station, hotel |
| Contributing resources | 1 buildings, 1 structures |
Visiting
| Address | Broadway and 10th Ave., Nashville, TN |
| Website | marriott.com/hotels/travel/bnaak-union-station-hotel-autograph-collection ↗ |
| Coordinates | 36.15667, -86.78444 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Stones River National Battlefield · 28 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Cook Day Use Area 11 mi · Anderson Road Campground 11 mi · Old Hickory Beach 11 mi |
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 69000178. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.