Ramsey County History – Winter 1991: “What’s Historic About This Site? St. Paul’s Union Depot”

What’s Historic About This Site? St. Paul’s Union Depot

The Union Depot opened in 1923, after the railroad age had peaked. The last passenger train stopped there in 1970. It has been searching for a purpose ever since. It is very fine nevertheless; “a simple, rather severe example of the Neo-classical style of architecture often used in public buildings during the first half of the twentieth century.”

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