Freight room door details, Union Station, Durham, North Carolina
Union Station (Durham, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Freight room door details, Union Station, Durham, North Carolina
- Description:
- 22 of 24
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Doors
Railroad stations
- Original Format:
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Measured drawing
- Extent:
- scale: undetermined; 483mm x 610mm
- Item identifier:
- bh033422507
- Delineator:
- Markham, Felix D. more info on Markham, Felix D.
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural drawings
Detail drawings
- Location:
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Durham (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Built Heritage: A partnership of the North Carolina State University Libraries and Preservation North Carolina to create an online resource for the study of the state’s architectural history. Included are 8,100 measured drawings, photographic prints, and slides.
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- Historic Architecture Research. Project Records (UA110.041) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
- Funding:
- Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Building: Union Station (Durham, Durham County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Demolished:
- Community:
- Durham
- State:
- NC
- Provenance note:
- Southern Railway, first owner
- Architectural note:
- The station's distinctive feature was its sixty-five foot tall tower.
- Historical note:
- The station was built to consolidate the many separate passenger depots in Durham. The increasing popularity of the automobile as a form of transportation led to the decline of railroad stations and Union Station ended service in 1964. The structure was demolished in 1968 to provide room for the construction of a parking lot.
- Location:
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Durham (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Demolished buildings
Historic buildings
Historic sites
Lost architecture
Railroad stations