Exterior detail, Union Station, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina

Union Station (Durham, N.C.)

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Title:: Exterior detail, Union Station, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina
Topics:: Architecture
Subjects:: Railroad stations
Original Format:: Black and white print (photograph)
Extent:: 3 1/2 x 5 in.
Item identifier:: bh0334p08
Created Date:: 1968
Genre:: Architectural photographs
Location:: Durham (N.C.)
Digital Project:: Built Heritage

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.
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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.

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:: Durham (N.C.)
Subjects:: Demolished buildings
Historic buildings
Historic sites
Lost architecture
Railroad stations