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[Union Station, Wash., D.C.: Ground floor plan; (arch. drawing)] – Vintage Wall Art

[Union Station, Wash., D.C.: Ground floor plan; (arch. drawing)] — historic drawing
[Union Station, Wash., D.C.: Ground floor plan; (arch. drawing)]. Historic drawing from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The ground floor plan of Union Station in Washington, D.C., lays out the concourse, ticket areas and waiting spaces of the terminal that opened in 1907 as the capital's grand rail gateway. Daniel Burnham's Chicago office led the design, and the firm of Graham, Anderson, Probst and White carried much of the work forward. The sheet carries no date, so it is best read as part of the station's design records rather than a dated milestone. Plans like this show how a large railroad terminal was organized to move travelers between trains, streets and the central hall.

Medium1 item.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SubjectsIllus. in: Architectural work of Graham, Anderson, etc. Reference copy may be available in 4429I. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Arch. Coll.; Arch.--Drawings...; DC, Wash.--Bldgs., Non-Govt.; Architecture; Railroads--Stations; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,091 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-134340

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