Columbus Union Station Railroad Depot and Arcade

Painting (detail) of the 1st railroad depot in Columbus. The depot sat east of High Street and just north of downtown Columbus. Photo Credit: Columbus Metropolitan Library

Photo of the first Columbus Railroad Depot built in 1850. Photo looks northeast from the southwest corner of High and Naghten (today Nationwide Blvd) Streets. Photo taken by Baker Art Gallery around 1873.

2nd Columbus Railroad Depot in 1890. Construction of the depot started in 1873. Built of brick in the French Second Empire style. Photo: OSU Archives

1910 photo postcard of the Columbus Union Station Arcade which sat on the east side of High Street, just north of downtown Columbus, Ohio. View is looking SE towards downtown. Planning of the arcade began in 1893 under the direction of Daniel H. Burnham & Co. of Chicago. Majority of the Union Station complex was built between 1895 and 1897, with all buildings completed by 1899.

Portrait of Daniel H. Burnham (September 4, 1846 – June 1, 1912). Architect for the third Columbus Union Station Railroad Depot and Arcade.

Columbus Union Station Arcade just after the turn of the twentieth century. View looks northeast. Photo credit: The Ohio Historical Society