Great Northern Station and Union Station

ID: 5337 ~ Source: Spokane City Historic Preservation Office Photographic Collection, Office of the Secretary of State, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://digitalarchives.wa.gov,
Spokane Municipal Government, Historic Preservation, General Photographic Collection, 1900-1974, Eastern Regional Branch, Washington State Archives, Cheney, WA. https://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/2594008A8A777CF1D9A70866BD6D3CB2 ~ Creator: Spokane City Historic Preservation Office
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Great Northern Station and Union Station

Union Station, seen to the right, was originally intended to be constructed elsewhere in town but designers opted to place it in the middle of downtown in order to block the view of rival Great Northern from the city center.

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By Devrick Barnett
Walking in Riverfront Park today, it might be hard to imagine it any other way. However, what once occupied that space was one of the grandest, most elegant rail depots in Spokane, the Union Pacific Depot or Union Station. When former Union Pacific…