Name/Title
Jacksonville Terminal and Park Street Viaduct, 1910s.Entry/Object ID
2003.001.080Description
Jacksonville Terminal and Park Street Viaduct.
The Terminal is one of Jacksonville's most visible and popular Neo-Classical Revival style of architecture. When completed in 1919, it was the largest terminal in the South. It was Jacksonville's third "Union Terminal" building, a designation for a terminal that serves several railroad companies -- Jacksonville was a major railroad center for over fifty years.
New York Architect, Kenneth M. Murchison won the competition for designing the terminal by borrowing the design from the New York's Pennsylvania Station, which had been modeled after the ancient Roman Baths of Caracalla. The Doric columns are of limestone and are roughly forty-two feet tall. The interior features a 75-foot tall barrel vaulted ceiling.
On January 3, 1974, the last passenger train left the Jacksonville Terminal. Faced with high maintenance costs and decreased rail travel, it joined dozens of other closed stations.
Restoration began in 1985 to convert the Jacksonville Terminal into a convention center. On October 17, 1986, the Prime F. Osborn III, named for former CSX Chairman, opened.Collection
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