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Union Station, Nashville, Tennessee, circa 1951
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Title
Union
Station
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
circa
1951
Corporate name
Union Station (Nashville, Tenn.)
United States Post Office (Nashville, Tenn.)
First Baptist Church (Nashville, Tenn.)
Topical entry
Downtown Nashville
Capital City
Buildings
Architecture
Transportation
Enterprise
Industries
Business
Postcards--Tennessee--Nashville
Buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Business enterprises--Tennessee--Nashville
Architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Architecture, Gothic--Tennessee--Nashville
Architecture, Victorian--Tennessee--Nashville
Historic buildings--Tennessee--Nashville
Architecture--Details
Lost architecture--Tennessee--Nashville
Railroads--Tennessee--Nashville
Transportation--Tennessee--Nashville
Railroads--Buildings and structures--Tennessee--Nashville
Railroad stations--Tennessee--Nashville
Travel
Central business districts--Tennessee--Nashville
Towers--Tennessee--Nashville
Architectural elements--Tennessee--Nashville
Transportation facilities--Tennessee--Nashville
Railroad facilities--Tennessee--Nashville
Travel--Tennessee--Nashville
Geographic entry
Nashville (Tenn.)--History--Sources
Nashville (Tenn.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Broadway Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)
Tenth Avenue (Nashville, Tenn.)
Description
A
postcard
of
Nashville's
Union
Station
. The
former
railroad
terminal
opened
in
1900
to
serve
the
passenger
operations
of the
eight
railroads
then
providing
passenger
service
to
Nashville
,
Tennessee
. The
station
is
located
on
Broadway
at
Tenth
Avenue
. The
station
is
an
example
of
late-Victorian
Gothic
Revival
architecture
. The
tower
was
originally
topped
by a
bronze
statue
of the
Roman
god
Mercury
, but this
ornamentation
was
toppled
in a
storm
in
1951
.
Station
usage
reached
its
peak
during
World
War
II
when
it
was the
shipping-out
point
for
tens
of
thousand
of
U.S
.
troops
and the
site
of a
USO
canteen
.
Usage
declined
steadily
after
the
war
. By the
late
1970s
service
was
discontinued
and the
station
was
abandoned
entirely
. In the
1980s
the
main
structure
reopened
as a
historic
hotel
.
Finding
a
modern
use
for the
train
shed
where
passengers
had
waited
to
board
proved
to be a
more
difficult
challenge
.
When
plans
of
creating
a
farmers
market
with the
shelter
failed
to
come
to
fruition
, the
structure
was
demolished
after
its
design
had been
carefully
recorded
. In
1969
Union
Station
was
added
to the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
. The
post
office
,
customs
house
, and
First
Baptist
Church
are
all
visible
in the
background
.
Forms
part
of the
Nashville
Room
Postcard
Collection
.
1
postcard
:
col
. ;
3.5
x
5.5
in.
Publisher
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
Contributors
Capitol
News
Co
.
(Publisher)
Date
ca.
1951
Type
Still
Image
;
Postcards
Format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Nash-49-Union Station, Nashville, Tennessee
Language
English
Relation
Nashville
Room
Postcard
Collection
Coverage
1950-1959
Rights
U.S
. and
international
copyright
laws
protect
this
digital
content
,
which
is
provided
for
educational
purposes
only
and
may
not be
downloaded
,
reproduced
, or
distributed
for any
other
purpose
without
written
permission
.
Please
contact
the
Special
Collections
Division
of the
Nashville
Public
Library
,
615
Church
Street
,
Nashville
,
Tennessee
,
37219
.
Telephone
(615)
862-5782
.
Location
Closed Stacks-Nash-49-Union Station, Nashville, Tennessee
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