Union Station Balcony
by Kristin Elmquist
Title
Union Station Balcony
Artist
Kristin Elmquist
Medium
Photograph
Description
The second floor balcony of the Union Station Hotel overlooks the lobby. Nashville's Union Station is a former railroad terminal opened in 1900 to serve the passenger operations of the eight railroads then providing passenger service to Nashville, Tennessee. The station was also served by streetcars prior to their discontinuance in Nashville in 1941. The station is an example of late-Victorian Romanesque Revival architecture and is highly castellated. The tower originally contained an early mechanical digital clock; when replacement French silk drive belts proved unavailable during World War I, it was replaced by a traditional analog clock.
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January 17th, 2012
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Comments (41)
Kirsten Giving
Hello Kristin! How did I miss seeing this magnificent image? Well, congratulations on your high placement in the competition and on this beautiful architectural wonder of design. A f/v. Kirsten
Kristin Elmquist
Thanks, Dean. I guess they don't make them like this anymore because they're so busy restoring the ones that already exist. :)