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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
1939/06/08 President Franklin Roosevelt and his wife, Eleanor, meet King George VI, dressed in full military regalia, and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, at Union Station. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth State Visit of Canada
1939/06/09 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?" King George VI and Queen Elizabeth State Visit of Canada
1983/00/00 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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Columbus Fountain
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Union Station Plaza
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Particulars for Union Station:
Sight Category Building
Criteria Historic Event
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Area of Significance Railroad
Area of Significance Transportation



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration:

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name:
Registry Address:
Registry Number: 69000302
Resource Type:
Owner: Private
Architect: Burnham,Daniel
Architectural Style: No style listed
Other Certification: Boundary increase
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Transportation
Applicable Criteria: Event
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1903, 1908
Historic Function: Transportation
Historic Sub-Function: Rail-related
Current Function: Transportation
Current Sub-Function: Rail-related

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