Union Station (Tacoma, Wash.)

found: Work cat.: Strege, T. An analysis of preservation opportunities for Tacoma's Union Station:p. i (Tacoma was selected in 1873 as the location of the western terminus of Northern Pacific's transcontinental railroad; architectural firm of Charles A. Reed and Allen H. Stern, planners of New York's Grand Central Station, produced the specifications and drawings for Tacoma's Union Station, built from 1909 to 1911) p. ii (Union Station was the first Tacoma structure to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places)

found: Univ. of Wash., Tacoma home page, viewed Nov. 22, 2006Community > Around Campus > ShopUWT > Museums & Attractions > Union Station (Union Station; built in 1911 at the terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad; the structure served train passengers into the 1980s but fell into disrepair as interest in railroad travel diminished. In the 1990s, the City of Tacoma bought the building for just one dollar and renovated the station into the lobby of a new federal courthouse)

found: National Registry Info. System search, via WWW, Nov. 22, 2006(Union Passenger Station,1713 Pacific Ave., Tacoma)

found: Tacoma Union Station Web site, Nov. 30, 2006:home page (Tacoma Union Station)

found: Historic federal buildings Web site, Nov. 30, 2006(Tacoma Union Station; Union Station; completed on May 1, 1911; nominated to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980; last passenger train left from Union Station on June 14, 1984; in 1987, Congress authorized and directed the General Services Administration to acquire use of the Tacoma Union Station for the purpose of housing United States Federal Courts. This project specified the restoration of the Union Station building and called for the construction of additional facilities to meet the space requirements of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Tacoma. This was accomplished through a new, three-story addition, constructed to the north of the historic Union Station building. The addition houses eight of the ten courtrooms in the complex. The federal courts at Union Station began occupancy of the building in November 1992.)