Dayton Union Station | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | 130 West 6th Street Dayton, OH 45402 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°45′17″N 84°11′38″W / 39.7548°N 84.1940°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 740 ft (230 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1900 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | 1979 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dayton Union Station was a railroad station serving Dayton, Ohio with daily passenger trains of several railroads. The station was located at 251 W. Sixth Street at the intersection of Ludlow Street, and it opened in 1900, replacing an earlier depot built in the mid-1850s. It was owned by the Dayton Union Railroad Co., which was owned by the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway, the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, and the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad.[1] Through a series of mergers over the years, it was ultimately owned by the New York Central Railroad, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and Pennsylvania Railroad.
Colloquially called the "Tower Depot," it included a seven-story clock tower.[2][3] In the first 30 years of operation, the station hosted as many as 66 passenger trains a day. In 1931 the station opened an elevated platform to alleviate congestion between trains, streetcars and automobiles.[2]
Famous people who stopped by the station included child actress Shirley Temple in 1944, President Harry S. Truman in 1948 and President Ronald Reagan in 1983, both of the latter two making campaign stops, Reagan making a whistle stop tour.[2]