Street cars, Grand Central Depot, 1890
Location Description
Street Address: East 42nd Street and Park Avenue North
View looking west along 42nd Street. Grand Central Depot is to the right. Street cars run along the street past the station.
Snook and Buckhout's designed the depot in the American Second Empire Style using red pressed brick and cast iron trim. The train shed was razed in 1903 when construction for the new Grand Central Terminal began.
See Related Images
- Architect — Snook, John B. (John Butler), 1815-1901
- Architect — Hatfield, R. G. (Robert Griffith), 1815-1879
- Architectural Element — Pediments
- Architectural Element — Coupled columns
- Architectural Style — Second Empire
- Building Type — Railroad stations
- Date — 1930s and Earlier
- Streets — 42nd Street
- Subjects — Street life
- Subjects — Transportation buildings
- Subjects — Murray Hill Neighborhood (New York, N.Y.)
- Subjects — Forty-second Street (New York, N.Y.)
- Subjects — Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.)
- Subjects — Cable cars (Streetcars)
Building Information
| Date Built | 1871. |
| Date Razed | 1903. |
| Other Creator | Buckhout, Isaac C |
Photo Credits
| Format | 1 photographic reproduction ; [dimensions unknown] |
| Photo Taken | 1890 |
| Rights Statement | Image courtesy of the Murray Hill Neighborhood Association |
May 29th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
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