Waterbury Union Station

For the current station, see Waterbury station.
Waterbury Union Station
A brick building with a tall clock tower. Its two-story middle section has three tall round-arched windows and a peaked roof, with two one-story wings. In front is a square with a flagpole, statue and some small shrubbery and trees
Tower and east elevation, 2011
LocationWaterbury, Connecticut
Coordinates41°33′18″N 73°2′49″W / 41.55500°N 73.04694°W / 41.55500; -73.04694
Area2.4 acres (0.97 ha)[1]
Built1909
ArchitectMcKim, Mead & White[1]
Architectural styleLate 19th & 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.78002881
Added to NRHPMarch 8, 1978[2][3]
The Waterbury Union Station building clock tower is in Waterbury, Connecticut, on Wednesday, October 5, 2022. (Photo by Ted Shaffrey)

The Waterbury Union Station building is located on Meadow Street in the city of Waterbury, Connecticut, United States. It is a brick building dating to the first decade of the 20th century. Its tall clock tower, built by the Seth Thomas Company, is the city's most prominent landmark.

Designed by the New York City architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, it handled 66 passenger trains a day at its peak. Later in the 20th century, when the city's rail service had declined to its current level of one commuter route, the building's interior was closed. Today it is in use again as the offices of the Republican-American, Waterbury's daily newspaper.

  1. ^ a b Clouette, Bruce (November 19, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Waterbury Union Station". National Park Service. and Accompanying eight photos, exterior and interior, from 1976
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  3. ^ New Haven County Listings on the National Register of Historic Places, a private website serving up public domain National Register information