Union Station (Nashville)

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Nashville, TN
The former Union Station, converted to a hotel, seen in 2008
General information
Location	1001 Broadway, Nashville, Tennessee United States
History
Closed	1979
Former services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station Decatur toward St. Petersburg or Miami Floridian Bowling Green toward Chicago Preceding station Louisville and Nashville Railroad Following station Harpeth toward New Orleans Main Line Montfort toward Cincinnati North Capitol toward St. Louis St. Louis – Nashville Terminus Preceding station Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway Following station Harding toward Memphis Main Line Lavergne toward Atlanta
Nashville Union Station and Trainshed
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Former U.S. National Historic Landmark
Coordinates	36°09′26″N 86°47′05″W / 36.1572°N 86.7848°W / 36.1572; -86.7848
Architect	Richard Montfort
NRHP reference No.	69000178
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 30, 1969
Designated NHL	1975
Delisted NHL	July 31, 2003
Location

Nashville's Union Station is a former railroad terminal designed by Richard Montfort, chief engineer of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad (L&N), and built between 1898 and 1900 to serve the passengers of the eight railroads that provided passenger service to Nashville, Tennessee, at the time, but principally the L&N.^[1][2] Built just west of the downtown area, it was spanned by a viaduct adjacent to the station and positioned to the east and above a natural railroad cut, through which most of the tracks in the area were routed. The station was also used by streetcars prior to their discontinuance in Nashville in 1941.^[3][4]

It ceased train operation in 1979, and lay abandoned until opening as a hotel in 1986. Union Station became a Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel in 2012 and completed a full renovation of all guest rooms and public spaces in 2016.^[1][5][2] It became a member of Historic Hotels of America in 2015.^[6]