Pensacola station (Louisville and Nashville Railroad)

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Louisville and Nashville Passenger Station and Express Building
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The depot in 2008.
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Location239 N. Alcaniz St., Pensacola, Florida
Coordinates 30°25′2″N87°12′36″W / 30.41722°N 87.21000°W / 30.41722; -87.21000 Coordinates: 30°25′2″N87°12′36″W / 30.41722°N 87.21000°W / 30.41722; -87.21000
Area3.3 acres (1.3 ha)
ArchitectLouisville & Nashville Railroad Co.
Architectural style Spanish Mission and Italianate elements, Prairie School
NRHP reference No. 79000670 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 11, 1979

The Louisville and Nashville Passenger Station and Express Building is a historic Louisville and Nashville Railroad passenger train depot in Pensacola, Florida. It is located at 239 North Alcaniz Street. [1]

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The building was constructed between 1912 and 1913 with elements of Prairie School, Spanish Mission, and Italianate architectural styles. [1] [2]

On June 11, 1979, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. [1]

In 1984, the depot was refurbished and incorporated into the Pensacola Grand Hotel (now the Crowne Plaza Pensacola Grand Hotel) that was built just behind it. The renovation of the depot was a painstaking process that used as much of the original material as possible. The building houses the lobby, shops, restaurant and meeting rooms of the hotel. The hotel has housed two Presidents of the United States, including President Barack Obama in 2010. [2] [3]

Specific use for passenger trains

Until 1971 the Louisville and Nashville Railroad operated the Gulf Wind (New Orleans - Mobile - Jacksonville). [4] [5] And until 1955 the Frisco Railway ran a section of the Sunnyland from the station to Memphis via Tupelo. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 L & N Passenger Terminal
  3. Crowne Plaza information sheet on the Passenger Depot located at the hotel's web site.
  4. Journey to Amtrak; Harold A. Edmonson, Ed.; Kalmbach Publications; ©1972
  5. "Louisville and Nashville, Table 2". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 102 (12). May 1970.
  6. "St. Louis-San Francisco Railway - Frisco, Table 25". Official Guide of the Railways. National Railway Publication Company. 87 (7). December 1954.
Preceding station Louisville and Nashville Railroad Following station
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