{"nrhp_refnum":"72001018","name":"Cincinnati Union Terminal","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1301 Western Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cincinnati","county":"Hamilton County","state":"OH","lat":39.10995891500005,"lon":-84.53757722979245,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1972-10-31","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1977-05-05","areas_of_significance":["Art","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Cincinnati Union Terminal is a monumental concrete and steel railroad station at 1301 Western Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the western end of Lincoln Park Drive. It was completed in 1933 and is dominated by a semi-spherical domed rotunda.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the terminal is a unique, monumental example of Art Deco architecture and interior design, a complete break from the neoclassical style of earlier American railroad stations. It also consolidated the passenger and freight facilities of seven railroads that had used five separate terminals. The project required major engineering and urban planning, and it symbolizes civic and industrial cooperation in Cincinnati.","narrative":"Cincinnati Union Terminal is a railroad station built in 1933 at the western end of Lincoln Park Drive in Cincinnati. Its concrete and steel structure centers on a semi-spherical dome spanning 180 feet, with curved wings that guide traffic toward the entrance and a large cascading fountain in front. Inside, mosaic murals by Winold Reiss depict the city's founding, its industries and the development of transportation, and marble, chrome, Rookwood tile and carved linoleum panels add to the decoration. The terminal replaced five separate stations by bringing seven railroads together, at a total project cost of $41,000,000, with the station building itself costing $7,000,000. Alfred Fellheimer and Steward Wagner designed the station, with Paul Cret advising on the exterior. The nomination values it as a thorough expression of 1930s Art Deco design and as a major feat of engineering and urban planning, and it notes the building's role as a civic landmark visible from the surrounding hills.","period_of_significance":"1933","architect_builder":"Alfred Fellheimer and Steward Wagner (architects); Paul Cret (architectural critic and advisor); James Steward and Company, Inc. of New York (general contractor)","architectural_style":"Art Deco","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and unaltered on the original site; occupied and in use as a transportation terminal at the time of nomination, with its future use after rail service ends still to be explored.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:09.25355-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/72001018.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001018/cf3be8c9db-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/72001018/cf3be8c9db-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Greg Hume","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UnionTerminal.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg Hume</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:UnionTerminal.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71989027","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincinnati_Museum_Center","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863050"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/hamilton-county/cincinnati-union-terminal-72001018/"}