Tacoma Union Station

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courthouse former train station historic building railway station

Tacoma Union Station is a historic former train station in Tacoma, Washington, renowned for its grand Beaux-Arts architecture and current use as a federal courthouse and public event space.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Union Station (Tacoma, Washington) 2
Tacoma Union Station canonical 1
Union Station (Tacoma) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf courthouse ⓘ
former train station ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
railway station ⓘ
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture

Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
associatedWithArtist Dale Chihuly NERFINISHED ⓘ
category Beaux-Arts architecture in Washington (state) ⓘ
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) ⓘ
city Tacoma NERFINISHED ⓘ
closingDate 1984 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1909 ⓘ
convertedToCourthouse 1990s ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentUse United States District Court for the Western District of Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
venue for public events and exhibitions ⓘ
formerService intercity passenger rail ⓘ
hasDome yes ⓘ
hasFeature arched windows ⓘ
classical columns ⓘ
grand rotunda ⓘ
large central dome ⓘ
ornate interior detailing ⓘ
hasFunction symbolic gateway to downtown Tacoma ⓘ
hasName Tacoma Union Station NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPublicArt glass art installations ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
inception early 20th century ⓘ
listedOnNRHP 1974 ⓘ
locatedInDowntown yes ⓘ
locatedInHistoricDistrict Union Station District (Tacoma) NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Thea Foss Waterway NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of Washington Tacoma campus NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Tacoma, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyTransit Tacoma Link light rail NERFINISHED ⓘ
openingDate 1911 ⓘ
ownedBy United States General Services Administration NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Amtrak network (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burlington Northern Railroad network (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Pacific Railway network (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ
railwayStationUsage former passenger station ⓘ
servedCity Tacoma, Washington NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance example of early 20th-century Beaux-Arts railroad architecture in the Pacific Northwest ⓘ
state Washington ⓘ
transportModeServed rail ⓘ
usedAs federal courthouse ⓘ
office building ⓘ
public event space ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Washington State History Museum → nearby → Tacoma Union Station ⓘ
Reed and Stem → notableWork → Tacoma Union Station ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Station (Tacoma, Washington)
Union Station → hasNotableExample → Tacoma Union Station ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Station (Tacoma, Washington)
downtown Tacoma → hasLandmark → Tacoma Union Station ⓘ
subject surface form: Downtown Tacoma
this entity surface form: Union Station (Tacoma)