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	Record Group Number:	900000
	Series/Collection Number:	M74- 1
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	Title, Dates:	Jacksonville Union Terminal photographs, 1920.
	Amount:	16 photographs 20 x 25 cm.
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	Biographical/Historical:	Begun in 1917, the Union Terminal in Jacksonville, Florida stands as the greatest example of the neoclassic revival architecture in the city. At its completion in 1919, it was the largest railroad station in the South and saw as many as 142 trains and 20,000 passengers per day. Architect Kenneth M. Murchison of New York borrowed freely from the design of New York's Pennsylvania Station. Union Terminal was constructed of reinforced concrete with a limestone veneer; granite and marble was used abundantly throughout; limestone Doric columns measure 42-feet in height. The interior features a 75-foot barrel-vaulted ceiling. Due to decreased rail travel and high maintenance costs, the station closed in 1974. In 1985, restoration began to convert the terminal into the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center.
	Summary:	The collection contains sixteen photographic views of the interior and exterior of the Jacksonville Union Terminal. The interior views include the white and colored waiting rooms, the ticket office and the concourse. The exterior views include Bay Street and several trolley cars. Photographers include a Mr. Woodward and Jack Spottswood.
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	Additional Physical Form:	This collection has been digitized and is available on the Florida Memory web site: https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
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	Electronic Records Access:	https://www.floridamemory.com/discover/photographs/
	Subject Access Fields:	Union Terminal (Jacksonville, Fla.) Railroads Florida African Americans History 1877-1964. Florida Photographs. aat Jacksonville (Fla.)
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