1893 – Penn Station, Pittsburgh
Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company
Pittsburgh’s central train station, built in 1893, was designed by Daniel Burnham, a Chicago architect who also designed New York’s iconic Flatiron building.
1907 – Union Station, Washington D.C.
Architect: D.H. Burnham & Company
Constructed by the US Government, Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the cost of the land and terminal exceeded 18 million in 1907.
1910 – Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York
Architect: McKim Mead & White
An imposing, sober colonnade of corinthian columns arranged in Doric order, McKim, Mead and White’s Pennsylvania Station combined glass-and-steel train sheds and a magnificently proportioned concourse with a breathtaking monumental entrance to New York City.
