The Fan District in Richmond, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Broad Street Station

Photographed by Kathy Walker, May 9, 2008

1. Broad Street Station Marker

Inscription. Broad Street Station served passengers of the Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railway and the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad from 6 Jan. 1919 until 15 Nov. 1975. The Neoclassical Revival station was the only commercial building designed by John Russell Pope, who also designed the Branch House in Richmond and the Jefferson Memorial, National Gallery of Art, and National Archives in Washington, D.C. The station is noted architecturally for its Classical details, hundred-foot-high rotunda, and cast-iron and steel butterfly canopies that sheltered travelers from the weather. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, the station became home of the Science Museum of Virginia in 1977.

Erected 1995 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number SA-46.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Charity & Public Work • Education • Railroads & Streetcars • Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series list. A significant historical date for this entry is January 6, 1919.

Location. 37° 33.627′ N, 77° 27.983′ W. Marker is in Richmond, Virginia. It is in The Fan District. It is on Broad Street 0.2

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miles east of North Arthur Ashe Boulevard (Virginia Route 161), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2500 West Broad Street, Richmond VA 23220, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Virginia.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: RF&P Kitchen Car 20 (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); REA Express 183 (about 500 feet away); Car ONE (about 600 feet away); Aluminaut (approx. 0.2 miles away); C&O Kanawha Class Locomotive 2732 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Memorial Bell Tower (approx. ¼ mile away); The Boulevard Historic District (approx. ¼ mile away); 509 North Mulberry Street (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Richmond.

Other markers no longer nearby. Jefferson Davis (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been permanently removed); Inner Line of Defence (was approx. 0.2 miles away but has been permanently removed); Stonewall Jackson (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been permanently removed).

Also see . . . The web site for the Science Museum of Virginia includes a brief history. "Richmonders quickly took to what they came to call "Broad Street" Station, and over the next twenty-five years, the number of passengers and trains using it grew steadily. At its peak during World War II, the Station averaged fifty-seven trains

Photographed by Kathy Walker, May 9, 2008

2. Broad Street Station Marker

a day. On April 22, 1943, a record 33,324 arriving or departing passengers passed through the Station." (Submitted on July 16, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.)

Broad Street Station clock and details. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Kathy Walker, May 9, 2008

3. Broad Street Station clock and details.

Photographed by Kathy Walker, May 9, 2008

4. Broad Street Station Marker

The moon fountain is in the foreground and the earth fountain is in the background. It shows the distance from the earth to the moon if they were at this size. The Science Museum is on the left.

New Union Station, Richmond, Va. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Louis Kaufmann & Sons, Baltimore, MD.

5. New Union Station, Richmond, Va.

VCU Libraries Digital Collections - Rarely Seen Richmond

Credits. This page was last revised on February 1, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 16, 2008, by Kathy Walker of Stafford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,934 times since then and 71 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 16, 2008, by Kathy Walker of Stafford, Virginia. 5. submitted on May 10, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.