1914 – Grand Central Station, Memphis, Tennessee
Central Station was built on the site of a former station known as Calhoun Street Station.
Central Station was built on the site of a former station known as Calhoun Street Station.
A station was first opened on the site on June 1,
Opened in 1914, it served as a replacement for the original Union Depot which opened in 1878.
Designed by one of Canada’s most prolific rail architects of the time,
Built in the Chateau style to reflect the dominant Chateau Frontenac on the old town above the station,
Unbuilt proposal for a large railway terminus to serve a trans-atlantic liner terminal that would have seen Liverpool ousted not just as the transatlantic departure point for British passenger traffic,
In June 1912, the eastward advance of the Canadian Northern Railway (CNo) rail head reached Hope.
The station, constructed in the Beaux Arts style,
The building was a two-storey brown brick structure on a cut stone foundation with a flat roof,
A large, Beaux-Arts-style railway station,