Union Station (Providence)
Union Station describes two distinct, defunct train stations in Providence, Rhode Island. Parts of the latter one were renovated and the building contains offices and restaurants.
1898 Union Station
City Hall and the first Union Station in 1885
An 1886 engraving of Exchange Place. The station is visible to the right of City Hall.
The building immediately following the 1896 fire.
Thomas Alexander Tefft was an American architect, from Providence, Rhode Island. Tefft, one of the nation's first professionally trained architects, is considered a master of Rundbogenstil and a leading American proponent of its use. Prior to his untimely death, Tefft "offered the most advanced designs of [his] day in America"
Thomas Alexander Tefft
Tefft's Cotton Mill in Cannelton, IN, completed in 1851. The mill is shown here before its restoration.
Providence Union Station, 1847–1896. Note the similarity in style to the Cannelton Cotton Mill
Lawrence Hall, 1846–47