(rshsdepot) Columbus Ohio Union Station

[Gordy Bjoraker <Gordon.L.Bjoraker_@_nasa.gov>]

There is an excellent web site on Union Station in Columbus, Ohio
http://home.columbus.rr.com/unionstation/

I was there in 1976. The station closed in April, 1977 and was 
demolished soon after. More information is available in a book 
entitled "Taking the Cars: A History of Columbus Union Station" by 
Jeffrey T. Darbee (2003). The station was very unusual because there 
was an ancient crumbling facade on High Street in a Beaux Arts style. 
A block or so away was a more traditional T-shaped brick station with 
a concourse spanning the tracks. Today a Convention Center has 
obliterated all traces of the station. One ornate arch from the 
facade was saved and relocated (twice).

Gordy Bjoraker
Seabrook, MD

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Gordon Bjoraker
NASA/GSFC

permanent e-mail address as of April 2004
Gordon.L.Bjoraker_@_nasa.gov
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