Omaha Union Station

Union Passenger Terminal
Interior of Union Station
Omaha Union Station is located in Nebraska
Omaha Union Station
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Location801 South 10th Street
Omaha, Nebraska
Coordinates41°15′5.5″N 95°55′41.8″W / 41.251528°N 95.928278°W / 41.251528; -95.928278
Built1931
ArchitectGilbert Stanley Underwood
Architectural styleArt Deco
Part ofOmaha Rail and Commerce Historic District (ID96000769)
NRHP reference No.71000484
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 12, 1971
Designated NHLDecember 23, 2016
Designated CPJuly 19, 1996

The Union Station, at 801 South 10th Street in Omaha, Nebraska, known also as Union Passenger Terminal, is "one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture in the Midwest".[1] Designated an Omaha Landmark in 1978, it was listed as "Union Passenger Terminal" on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971,[2] and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2016.[3] The Union Station is also a contributing property to the Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic District. It was the Union Pacific's first Art Deco railroad station,[4][5][6] and the completion of the terminal "firmly established Omaha as an important railroad terminus in the Midwest".[7]

  1. ^ (nd) "Union Station". Archived September 25, 2007, at the Wayback Machine City of Omaha Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission. Retrieved 7/8/07.
  2. ^ (nd) National Register of Historic Places - Douglas County, Nebraska. Retrieved 7/8/07.
  3. ^ National Park Service (March 3, 2017), Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 2/16/2017 through 3/2/2017, archived from the original on March 7, 2017, retrieved March 7, 2017.
  4. ^ Johnson, C. (2001) Union Pacific and Omaha Union Station:A History of Union Pacific Railroad Passenger Station in Omaha, Nebraska 1866-1971. South Platte Press. pp. 24. Retrieved 7/8/07.
  5. ^ Durham Western Heritage Museum. (nd) Museum Exterior Architecture. Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 7/14/07.
  6. ^ Beman, A. (nd) "I Get a Kick Outta Train Number 6: New Friends and Fuzzy Slippers on the California Zephyr," Amtrak. Retrieved 7/14/07.
  7. ^ (2007) "More Nebraska National Register Sites in Douglas County,"[usurped] Nebraska State Historical Society. Retrieved 7/15/07.