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Title
Union
Terminal
interior
Subject
Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Cret, Paul Philippe, 1876-1945
Fellheimer & Wagner
Fellheimer, Alfred
Wagner, Steward
Keck, Max, 1880-1943
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
Attached
caption
reads
: "
TERMINCAL
INTERIOR
A
modernistic
touch
is
evinced
by this
unusual
interior
of
Cincinnati's
Union
Terminal
.
Viewed
from the
great
rotunds
,
looking
toward
the
main
waiting
room
and
train
ramps
, a
portion
of the
justly
famous
murals
may
be
seen
;
while
a
suggestion
is
had of
many
service
facilities
.
Photo
by
WPA
Photographer
,
Federal
Project
#1
(Writers')
" In the
early
twentieth
century
,
Cincinnati
was
linked
to a
number
of
other
major
cities
through
its
rail
lines
.
Union
Terminal
, a
single
railroad
terminal
, was
developed
to
provide
service
for
all
passenger
and
freight
lines
entering
the
city
.
Construction
began
in the
1920s
on the
art
deco
style
structure
that was
designed
by
architects
Alfred
Fellheimer
and
Stewart
Wagner
.
Finished
on
March
31
,
1933
,
Union
Terminal
had the
largest
half-dome
in the
world
at the
time
.
Even
today
it
is
the
largest
half-dome
in the
Western
hemisphere
. The
artwork
associated
with
Union
Terminal
was as
amazing
as the
physical
structure
.
Maxfield
Keck
designed
bas-relief
figures
that
represented
Commerce
and
Transportation
to
flank
the
main
doors
.
Winold
Reiss
, a
German-born
artist
,
designed
murals
made
from
glass
mosaic
tiles
to
decorate
the
interior
of the
terminal
. The
art
deco
style
murals
illustrate
the
United
States
'
transportation
history
,
different
types
of
work
in the
United
States
, and
Cincinnati
history
.
Most
of the
murals
were
placed
within
the
main
entry
of the
terminal
, but
additional
murals
,
portraying
major
Cincinnati
businesses
, were
located
in the
concourse
. The
concourse
was
torn
down
in the
1970s
, and these
murals
were
relocated
to the
Northern
Kentucky/Greater
Cincinnati
International
Airport
.
Another
artist
,
Pierre
Bourdelle
,
created
a
mural
at the
entrance
of the
women's
lounge
.
After
success
as a
train
terminal
throughout
the
1930s
and
1940s
,
competition
from
automobiles
and
passenger
airline
service
led
to a
decline
in
use
of the
terminal
. By
1972
, the
last
train
service
to
Union
Terminal
ended
.
After
a
failed
attempt
in
1980
to
turn
Union
Terminal
into a
shopping
mall
, the
building
was
opened
once
again
in
November
1990
and was
known
as the
Museum
Center
. The
renovated
Union
Terminal
now
houses
the
Cincinnati
Museum
of
Natural
History
and
Science
, the
Cincinnati
History
Museum
, the
Cincinnati
Historical
Society
Library
, the
Cinergy
Children's
Museum
, and an
OMNIMAX
theater
.
Amtrak
began
offering
passenger
train
service
to
Union
Terminal
beginning
in
1991
.
Union
Terminal
was
listed
on the
National
Register
of
Historic
Places
on
October
31
,
1972
. Its
significance
as
one
of the
few
remaining
large
art
deco
terminals
meant
that
it
also
became
a
National
Historic
Landmark
in
1977
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
Photographs
Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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File Name
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Image Height
4295
Image Width
6043
File Size
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Display File Type
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Format
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Date created
2010-04-20
Date modified
2010-07-30
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