Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Passenger Terminal
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Passenger Terminal
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The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Passenger Terminal in 2008.
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Location | Mobile, Alabama |
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Built | 1907 |
Architect | Marye, P. Thorton |
Architectural style | Mission/Spanish Revival |
NRHP Reference # | 75000323 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 15, 1975 |
The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Passenger Terminal is a historic train station in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Architect P. Thorton Mayre designed the Mission Revival style terminal for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. It was completed in 1907 at a total cost of $575,000. The Mobile and Ohio merged with the Gulf, Mobile and Northern Railroad in 1940 to form the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Passenger service was discontinued by the late 1950s, and the building served as railroad offices.[2] The terminal was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 15, 1975.[1] It had suffered neglect, extensive interior alteration, and partial removal of the train shed by this time. Train service was moved over to a separate facility, Mobile station. The Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad vacated the old terminal building in 1986 and for fifteen years it suffered from demolition-by-neglect. The Alabama Historical Commission and the Alabama Trust for Historic Preservation named it as one of their "Places in Peril" in 1996.[2] In 2001 the City of Mobile and a private company invested more than $18 million to restore the local landmark with the developer taking advantage of the Federal Historic Preservation Tax Incentive program. Today the building houses private offices and the city's Metro Transit Authority.[2]
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- Stations along Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad lines
- National Register of Historic Places in Mobile, Alabama
- Buildings and structures in Mobile, Alabama
- Transportation in Mobile, Alabama
- Former railway stations in the United States
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
- Railway stations opened in 1907
- Spanish Revival architecture in Alabama
- Spanish Colonial Revival architecture in Alabama