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and Elizabethian styles. The main feature of the structure was an octagonal rotunda which measured 80 feet in diameter and served as the general waiting room. Since most of the station's history took place under the
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Acosta, Ruben A. 'Savannah‟s Union Station: Architecture and the Gateway in the South' Master's Thesis, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2010
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An Enmark service station (405 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd) is located nearby what was once the site of the Union Station.
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The exterior walls were made of pressed brick with granite and terra cotta trimmings. The building also had two towers.
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Revitalizing MLK Boulevard: Enough business to go around?, Christian Livermore, Savannah Morning News, May 20, 2007
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in the United States generally implies a station that hosts all train companies stopping in a city, the
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In August 1962 the remaining passenger trains were shifted to the new
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and completed in 1902 at a cost of $ 150,000. It was an example of
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Savannah Union Station, rendering by architect Frank P. Milburn
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Official Guide of the Railways, August 1936, Index of Stations
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on the periphery of Savannah, which remains in use today by
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Central of Georgia Depot and Trainshed (Savannah, Georgia)
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Former railway station in Savannah, Georgia, United States
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The Savannah Visitor Information Center is in the former
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Index


Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Frank Pierce Milburn
Spanish Renaissance
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Georgetown
Tampa
Main Line
Hardeeville
Richmond
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Interstate
Tampa
Miami
Main Line
Clyo
Richmond
East Carolina Line
Pritchard
Hamlet
Meldrim
Montgomery
Montgomery – Savannah
Southern Railway
Hardeeville
Charlotte
Charlotte
Savannah
Savannah, Georgia
West Broad Street

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