Modern Federal · Railroad stations

The Union Station train depot on Union Square in the Illinois capital city of Springfield. Now part of the complex of buildings that together form the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, the building was designed in the Richardson Romanesque style in 1896 as a combined passenger terminal for several railroads, predominantly the Illinois Central, that served Springfield

Springfield · 1850–1939

The Union Station train depot on Union Square in the Illinois capital city of Springfield. Now part of the complex of buildings that together form the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, the building was designed in the Richardson Romanesque style in 1896 as a combined passenger terminal for several railroads, predominantly the Illinois Central, that served Springfield, Springfield, 1850–1939
The Union Station train depot on Union Square in the Illinois capital city of Springfield. Now part of the complex of buildings that together form the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, the building was designed in the Richardson Romanesque style in 1896 as a combined passenger terminal for several railroads, predominantly the Illinois Central, that served Springfield, Springfield, 1850–1939. Railroad stations — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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