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Denver Union Station
Marker detail: Union Station
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| On Wynkoop Street at 17th Street, on the right when traveling south on Wynkoop Street. |
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"Without railroads, Denver would be too dead to bury."
Thomas Durant, Vice President
Union Pacific Railroad, 1867
A survivor of fire and floods, Union Station is at the head of our railroad history. Landlocked, Denver needed . . . — — Map (db m118570) HM |
| On Wynkoop Street at 17th Street, on the right when traveling south on Wynkoop Street. |
| | 1881: Union Depot, constructed in the High Victorian Eclectic style, opened on June 1 at a cost of $525,000
1883: On November 18, the railroads instituted a time zone system specifically to keep trans on time at Union Depot and across the . . . — — Map (db m237360) HM |
| On Wynkoop Street at 17th Street, on the right when traveling south on Wynkoop Street. |
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”Union Station belongs to all of us.”
Union Station neighbor, 2002
Rich or poor, famous or anonymous, everybody passed through Union Station from the time it opened in 1881. A trip to the station meant something new was . . . — — Map (db m118585) HM |
| Near Wynkoop Street at 17th Street. |
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”This is our history – from the Transcontinental Railroad
to the Hoover Dam, to the dredging of our ports and
building of our most historic bridges – our American
ancestors prioritized growth and investment
in our . . . — — Map (db m118589) HM |
| On Wynkoop Street north of 16th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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"Visitors to Denver will certainly find a great improvement because they will… step aboard any one of the different lines right at the door of Union Station."
The Denver Post, May 26, 1918
(opening day of the Denver Tramway . . . — — Map (db m118591) HM |
| On Wynkoop Street near 17th Street. |
| | Denver's Union Station was constructed to consolidate rail activity in the City and to replace the four separate stations serving the boom town. When completed in 1890 in an Italianate style of Colorado Rhyolite with sandstone trim, the station . . . — — Map (db m237358) HM |
May. 31, 2024