Color postcard (14 x 9 cm.) with an exterior view of the Union Station railroad depot at 10th and Marcy in Omaha, Nebraska. A very busy 10th Street is visible in the foreground of the image with horses and buggies. The depot's main, street-level building is visible, as are some of its subsidiary, below-street-level buildings that lie to the east of the main building.
This is the second station to be erected on the 801 South 10th street site. The "cowshed" station was dismantled in 1890, and for the next eight years, because of financial concerns, a temporary depot was used. Construction of the new depot, designed by Chicago architect Charles Frost, began in October 1898. It was completed on December 1, 1899 at a cost of $405,782. The façade rose 60 feet above the viaduct and was constructed from Omaha pressed brick. Bedford stone was used for architectural details. A canopy of glass and iron protected passengers from the elements as they entered the station. Three synchronized clocks were visible both day and night from different directions. The tracks had the modern innovation of interlocking switches on all tracks approaching or serving the station. Source: Johnson, Carla, Union Pacific and Omaha Union Station, South Platte Press, c2001, pp. 24-28.
