1903/02/28 |
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co |
Co-Owner |
After 2 years of negotiations, President Theodore Roosevelt sings S 4825, "An Act to provide a union railroad station in the District of Columbia", into law, authorizing the Washington Terminal Company to build a monumental rail station. |
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1903/02/28 |
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad |
Co-Owner |
After 2 years of negotiations, President Theodore Roosevelt sings S 4825, "An Act to provide a union railroad station in the District of Columbia", into law, authorizing the Washington Terminal Company to build a monumental rail station. |
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1905/12/27 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Life |
Accompanied by Mrs Roosevelt and the children, Ethel, Kermit and Archie, the President leave Washington at 11:30 o'clock for a five days' outing. The trip is made via the Southern Railway in the private car, Rover, attached to a regular train. |
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1905/12/27 |
Edith Carow Roosevelt |
Life |
Accompanied by Mrs Roosevelt and the children, Ethel, Kermit and Archie, the President leave Washington at 11:30 o'clock for a five days' outing. The trip is made via the Southern Railway in the private car, Rover, attached to a regular train. |
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1907/10/27 |
Daniel H Burnham |
Architect |
Designed by Chicago architect, Daniel Burnham, Union Station opens on 27 October 1907, but it was not completed in April 1908. |
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1907/10/27 |
William Pierce Anderson |
Architect |
Designed by Chicago architect, Daniel Burnham, Union Station opens on 27 October 1907, but it was not completed in April 1908. |
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1909/04/00 |
William Howard Taft |
US President |
William Howard Taft is the first to use the Presidential Suite. An area where the President, State Department and Congressional leaders receive distinguished visitors arriving at Union Station. |
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1939/06/08 |
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President Franklin Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, meet King George VI, dressed in full military regalia, and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, at Union Station. |
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth State Visit of Canada |
1939/06/09 |
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Royal rail car leaves Union Station for NYC. A Washington Post copy boy, who saw.... As they moved away in the gloom, the Queen's tiara sparkling, he turned to a reporter and sighed "It was just like a fadeout in a movie, wasn't it?" |
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King George VI and Queen Elizabeth State Visit of Canada |
1983/00/00 |
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US Secretary of Transportation establishes a public-private partnership to funded the $160 million-dollar restoration of Union Station. The completion of the project in 1988 saw the station reopened with 3 levels of retail space. |
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