This is Union Station in St. Louis, Mo. During my visit there I had a day to spend walking the downtown. I estimate I walked about 60 blocks that day up and down the city streets admiring the architecture. Of the many wonderful buildings I was certianly impressed by the Union Station. A bit of searching and I found out it was built in 1894 and originally featured a gold-leafed Grand Hall. At one point it serviced the most railroads in the world handling 100,000 passengers a day.
An example of Richardsonian architecture
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