Re: Re: (rshsdepot) RR hotel Nashville, TN

["Ken Currie" <currieken_@_comcast.net>]

I don't believe anyone in the original conversation WAS saying chief
engineers design railroad stations; I think we're all aware of architects'
involvement.  BTW, the Chattanooga Terminal Station, where the Chattanooga
Choo Choo Hotel is located, was opened in 1909 and was designed by an
architect named Don Barber of New York, who was a student at the Beaux Arts
school in France when he submitted in 1904 what would eventually become the
winning design.  (For a history, see
http://www.choochoo.com/history/station.shtml).   The Terminal Station was
entered in the National Registry of Historic Places in 1973 (in a somewhat
confusing entry that describes the style as Victorian and the architect as
E. A. Vincent  -- if someone can explain this confusion, it would be great).
Terminal Station should not be confused with the Chattanooga Union Station,
which WAS designed in the Victorian-style, and was razed in 1973.

Ken Currie


- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "stationman" <stationman_@_prodigy.net>
To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: Re: (rshsdepot) RR hotel Nashville, TN


> Cheif engineers DO NOT design buildings. Architects do. Thats why
achitects
> school for another four years like doctors. This type of chatter is what
> launched my research into who designed all these railroad structures 15
> years ago.
>  The Chatanooga, Tn depot was designed by EuGene LeHardy in 1859 and The
> Nashville, Tn depot was designed by Richard Montfort in 1900, correctly
> stated by the former e-mail.
> Eu Gene Paoli
> stationman_@_prodigy.net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paul Luchter <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>
> To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 7:46 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: (rshsdepot) RR hotel Nashville, TN
>
>
> > wow, I guess, but in many ways Stalinist architecture was while not the
> polar opposite, was in aesthetic realms. No matter how
> > overdone a Beaux Art structure may seem to some, it always "makes
sense",
> it is not massively oversized and also Stalinist art was
> > pretty stark as opposed to encrusted with crenellation and the like....
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Ken Currie" <currieken_@_comcast.net>
> > To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 10:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: Re: (rshsdepot) RR hotel Nashville, TN
> >
> >
> > : I stayed there several years ago, and if I recall correctly, the sheds
> were
> > : in pretty poor shape.  The railroad car we stayed in was fun, but it
> > : could've used some restoration work.  I have no idea what shape the
cars
> are
> > : in these days.  There was a model railroad inside the hotel at that
> time;
> > : couldn't say if it's still there.
> > :
> > : I noted a comment by someone on the web who described the Chattanooga
> > : Terminal as ugly, in the Stalinist style.  I guess some confused
> individuals
> > : might view Beaux Arts in that way.
> > :
> > : Ken Currie
> > :
> > : ----- Original Message -----
> > : From: "Paul Luchter" <luckyshow_@_mindspring.com>
> > : To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> > : Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 9:05 PM
> > : Subject: Re: Re: (rshsdepot) RR hotel Nashville, TN
> > :
> > :
> > : > Aren't the sheds out back falling apart or something?
> > : > ----- Original Message -----
> > : > From: "Ken Currie" <currieken_@_comcast.net>
> > : > To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> > : > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 8:09 PM
> > : > Subject: Re: Re: (rshsdepot) RR hotel Nashville, TN
> > : >
> > : >
> > : > : It's the Chattanooga Choo Choo Holiday in Chattanooga, located in
> the
> > : old
> > : > : railroad terminal.  Their website is
> > : > : http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/6c/1/en/hd/chaoo
> > : > :
> > : > :
> > : > : ----- Original Message -----
> > : > : From: <Ireenactcw_@_aol.com>
> > : > : To: <rshsdepot_@_lists.railfan.net>
> > : > : Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 5:02 PM
> > : > : Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: (rshsdepot) RR hotel Nashville,
> > : > : >
> > : > : >
> > : > : > What would the name or the location of this "train hotel" be? I
> go
> > : down
> > : > : to
> > : > : > Nashville every year and would like to check it out next time.
> > : Thanks.
> > : > : >
> > : > : > David Kibitlewski
> > : > : > 116 Glenwood Dr.
> > : > : > Round Lake Beach,  IL  60073-2926
> > : > : >
> > : > : >
> > : > : >
> > : > : > =================================
> > : > : > The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of
> > : existing
> > : > : > railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org
> > : > : >
> > : > : >
> > : > :
> > : > :
> > : > : =================================
> > : > : The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of
> existing
> > : > : railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org
> > : > :
> > : >
> > : > =================================
> > : > The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of
> existing
> > : > railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org
> > : >
> > : >
> > :
> > :
> > : =================================
> > : The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of
existing
> > : railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org
> > :
> >
> > =================================
> > The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
> > railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org
> >
>
> =================================
> The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
> railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org
>
>


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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org

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