Mobile station (Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad)

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Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Passenger Terminal
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The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Passenger Terminal in 2008.
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Location110 Beauregard St, Mobile, Alabama
Coordinates 30°42′1″N88°2′44″W / 30.70028°N 88.04556°W / 30.70028; -88.04556
Built1907
ArchitectMarye, P. Thornton
Architectural styleMission/Spanish Revival
NRHP reference No. 75000323 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 15, 1975

The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Passenger Terminal is a historic train station in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Architect P. Thornton Marye designed the Mission Revival style terminal for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. It was completed in 1907 at a total cost of $575,000. The Mobile and Ohio merged with the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad in 1940 to form the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad.

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Trains in final years

Major trains served:

Demise

The last GM&O passenger trains into Mobile terminal station were the Gulf Coast Rebels, which made their last runs on October 14, 1958. Louisville & Nashville passenger service in Mobile called at a separate L&N station located about 1 mile distant. Passenger service in the Amtrak era continued at the former L&N passenger station Mobile station. GM&O Terminal Station continued to serve as railroad offices. [2] It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 15, 1975. [1] It had suffered neglect, extensive interior alteration, and partial removal of the train shed by this time. The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad vacated the old terminal building in 1986 and for fifteen years it suffered from demolition-by-neglect. The Alabama Historical Commission and the Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation named it as one of their "Places in Peril" in 1996. [2] In 2001 the City of Mobile and a private company invested more than $18 million to restore the local landmark with the developer taking advantage of the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentive program. Today the building houses private offices and the city's The Wave Transit System. [2] The renovated facility was extensively damaged by flooding during Hurricane Katrina.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 "Wins: The Old Gulf Mobile and Ohio Building". Alabama's Preservation Scorecard. Alabama Historical Commission. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
Preceding station Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Following station
TerminusMain Line Semmers
toward St. Louis
Brichard
toward Dyersburg
Dyersburg - Mobile Terminus
Preceding station Southern Railway Following station
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