Union Terminal - Cincinnati, Ohio
N 39° 06.585 W 084° 32.204
16S E 712982 N 4331844
One of the last grand-scale terminals in the Art Deco style, it is also a masterpiece of planning by Paul Cret, architect, who worked with the firm of Fellheimer and Wagner. At the peak of rail traffic, it accomodated 17,000 people and 216 trains daily.
Waymark Code: WM3ATH
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 03/06/2008
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The following info is taken from the Ohio Historical Marker:
Cincinnati Union Terminal"
The Cincinnati Union Terminal opened in March 1933 and integrated rail travel in the city, which previously operated from five separate passenger terminals. Built when rail travel was already in decline, Union Terminal stopped operating as a passenger railroad station in 1972. Only during WWII was the terminal used to capacity with as many as 34,000 people travelling through the building daily in 1944. As part of preservation efforts, 14 mosaics depicting Cincinnati industry of the 1930s by Winold Reiss were saved from the concourse and moved to the Greater Cincinnati Airport. The restored Union Terminal became a Museum Center in November 1990 with the opening of the renovated Cincinnati Museum of Natural History and new Cincinnati History Museum. Cincinnati Union Terminal has been described as one of the most outstanding examples of Art Deco train stations in the nation and was listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
Style: Art Deco
Structure Type: Government
Architect: Paul Cret
Date Built: 1933
Supporting references: Not listed
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