{"nrhp_refnum":"71000516","name":"Albany Union Station","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"E side of Broadway between Columbia and Steuben Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Albany","county":"Albany County","state":"NY","lat":42.65141200700003,"lon":-73.74948166299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-02-18","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Community Planning and Development","Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Albany Union Station is a granite railroad station on the east side of Broadway between Columbia and Steuben Streets in Albany, New York. It was designed in 1899 and opened on December 17, 1900.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the station was central to Albany's growth in the twentieth century. It was designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, successors to H.H. Richardson's firm, and was considered one of the most modern stations in the country. It drew industry and commerce, served several railroads and became a symbol of civic progress.","narrative":"Albany Union Station is a granite railroad terminal on Broadway in downtown Albany, built between the fall of 1899 and December 1900. Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, successors to H.H. Richardson's firm, designed it, and Norcross Brothers carried out the construction using local workers. Two three-story sections flank a one-story waiting room that measures about 138 by 100 feet and rises 56 feet, with iron galleries, a polished granite wainscot and a mosaic floor. An iron canopy on cast iron columns shelters the entrance, which is topped by a large clock and the New York State seal. Stone globes and lions crown the corner piers. The station served the New York Central, Boston and Albany, and Delaware and Hudson railroads, handling 96 trains daily in 1900 and a record 121 during World War II. It also anchored a wider program of track elevation, a new bridge and street paving, and it remains a key element of the downtown skyline.","period_of_significance":"1899-1900","architect_builder":"Designed by Sheply Rutan and Coolidge; built by Norcross Brothers; construction superintendent Mr. Wayland","architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"No longer used as a railroad terminal; condition marked fair and the building is listed as altered. Ownership is shown as the State of New York and the City of Albany.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:38.693206-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/71000516.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000516/5990c70461-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71000516/5990c70461-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"UpstateNYer","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albany_Union_Station_2.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">UpstateNYer</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Albany_Union_Station_2.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75316157","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_(Albany,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7886062"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/albany-county/albany-union-station-71000516/"}