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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