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Image 1 of 1: Completed in 1900 as a Louisville & Nashville railroad station, the station is an example of late-Victorian Romanesque Revival architecture. Architect Richard Montfort (1854-1931) was influenced by Henry Richardson (1838-1886), a prominent American architect who popularized the Richardsonian Romanesque style. Constructed of Bowling Green gray stone and Tennessee marble, the building had a central interior arcade which was topped by skylights. The building was transformed into a hotel in 1987, but the hotel quickly went bankrupt. In 1998, the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium opened in Union Station's old baggage building. It underwent extensive renovations in 2012 and 2016. Owned by Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, Union Station was a boutique hotel as of 2019. The station and train shed became a National Historic Landmark in 1976. The train shed was damaged in a 1996 fire and ultimately demolished in 2001. Its National Historic Landmark status was removed in 2003. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
Completed in 1900 as a Louisville & Nashville railroad station, the station is an example of late-Victorian Romanesque Revival architecture. Architect Richard Montfort (1854-1931) was influenced by Henry Richardson (1838-1886), a prominent American architect who popularized the Richardsonian Romanesque style. Constructed of Bowling Green gray stone and Tennessee marble, the building had a central interior arcade which was topped by skylights. The building was transformed into a hotel in 1987, but the hotel quickly went bankrupt. In 1998, the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium opened in Union Station's old baggage building. It underwent extensive renovations in 2012 and 2016. Owned by Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, Union Station was a boutique hotel as of 2019. The station and train shed became a National Historic Landmark in 1976. The train shed was damaged in a 1996 fire and ultimately demolished in 2001. Its National Historic Landmark status was removed in 2003. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

Completed in 1900 as a Louisville & Nashville railroad station, the station is an example of late-Victorian Romanesque Revival architecture. Architect Richard Montfort (1854-1931) was influenced by Henry Richardson (1838-1886), a prominent American architect who popularized the Richardsonian Romanesque style. Constructed of Bowling Green gray stone and Tennessee marble, the building had a central interior arcade which was topped by skylights. The building was transformed into a hotel in 1987, but the hotel quickly went bankrupt. In 1998, the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium opened in Union Station's old baggage building. It underwent extensive renovations in 2012 and 2016. Owned by Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, Union Station was a boutique hotel as of 2019. The station and train shed became a National Historic Landmark in 1976. The train shed was damaged in a 1996 fire and ultimately demolished in 2001. Its National Historic Landmark status was removed in 2003. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

Union Station

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Completed in 1900 as a Louisville & Nashville railroad station, the station is an example of late-Victorian Romanesque Revival architecture. Architect Richard Montfort (1854-1931) was influenced by Henry Richardson (1838-1886), a prominent American architect who popularized the Richardsonian Romanesque style. Constructed of Bowling Green gray stone and Tennessee marble, the building had a central interior arcade which was topped by skylights. The building was transformed into a hotel in 1987, but the hotel quickly went bankrupt. In 1998, the Flying Saucer Draught Emporium opened in Union Station's old baggage building. It underwent extensive renovations in 2012 and 2016. Owned by Pebblebrook Hotel Trust, Union Station was a boutique hotel as of 2019. The station and train shed became a National Historic Landmark in 1976. The train shed was damaged in a 1996 fire and ultimately demolished in 2001. Its National Historic Landmark status was removed in 2003. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.

Title Union Station
Creator Nashville Historical Foundation
Author Mary Ellen Pethel, Staff; 2018
Date 1900
Address 1001 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203
Type Building
Coverage Area 1
Source Richard Montfort, architect
Contributor Louisville and Nashville Railroad; Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County; Autograph Collection Hotels; Edwards and Hotchkiss
Subject Architecture; Neighborhoods; New South; Transportation; National Register of Historic Places
Keywords Adaptive Reuse, Buildings, Gulch, Hotel, Local Government, Railroads, Richardsonian Romanesque, Romanesque Revival, Trains, Union Station
Rights CC BY-NC 4.0