Union Station (Pittsburgh)

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Beaux-Arts architecture historic building railway station

Union Station (Pittsburgh) is a historic Beaux-Arts railroad terminal in downtown Pittsburgh, renowned for its grand rotunda and role as a major early 20th-century transportation hub.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Penn Station (Pittsburgh) 1
Pennsylvania Railroad Station (Union Station) (PHLF Historic Landmark) 1
Pennsylvania Station (Pittsburgh) 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Beaux-Arts architecture ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
railway station ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Union Station (Pittsburgh) ⓘ
surface form: Penn Station (Pittsburgh)

Union Station (Pittsburgh) ⓘ
surface form: Pennsylvania Station (Pittsburgh)
architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts ⓘ
category Beaux-Arts architecture in Pennsylvania ⓘ
Historic railway stations in the United States ⓘ
Railway stations in Pittsburgh ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
eraOfGreatestImportance early 20th century ⓘ
hasPart grand rotunda ⓘ
passenger concourse ⓘ
train shed ⓘ
heritageDesignation listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
heritageStatus historic landmark ⓘ
locatedIn Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Downtown Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania ⓘ
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
terra cotta ⓘ
notableFor Beaux-Arts façade ⓘ
grand rotunda ⓘ
historic railroad architecture ⓘ
originalFunction railroad terminal ⓘ
roofFeature domed rotunda ⓘ
servedAsHubFor multiple railroad companies ⓘ
significance major early 20th-century transportation hub ⓘ
transportationModeServed intercity rail ⓘ
usedFor passenger rail transport ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Union Station (Pittsburgh) → alsoKnownAs → Union Station (Pittsburgh) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Station (Pittsburgh)
Union Station (Pittsburgh) → alsoKnownAs → Union Station (Pittsburgh) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Penn Station (Pittsburgh)
Daniel Burnham → architectOf → Union Station (Pittsburgh) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pennsylvania Railroad Station (Union Station) (PHLF Historic Landmark)