Union Station (Springfield)
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Union Station in Springfield, Illinois, is part of the complex of buildings that together form the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Union Station depot was designed in the Richardson Romanesque style in 1897 as a passenger railroad depot for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Illinois Central Railroad. The architect was Illinois Central in-house practitioner Francis Bacon. The station was built in 1897-1898 at a cost of $75,000. During its 73 years of active service, the station carried substantial passenger train traffic to and from Chicago, St. Louis, and other cities.[1]
The railroad depot's 110 feet (33 m) clock tower was dismantled in 1946. Passenger train traffic to and from Union Station ended with the creation of Amtrak in April 1971. Amtrak passenger trains continued to serve Springfield from the former Gulf, Mobile and Ohio station, another Springfield depot.[1]
Union Station was redeveloped as the Lincoln Library visitor center, and reopened in March 2007. As part of the $12.5 million restoration project, the clock tower was rebuilt.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Julie Cellini, "Rebirth of a Landmark", (Springfield, Ill.) State Journal-Register, February 9, 2007, page 6A.
- ^ John Reynolds, "All aboard: Union Station opens as visitors' center", (Springfield, Ill.) State Journal-Register, March 20, 2007, page 9.
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