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New Post Office and Union Station

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $9.95

Stock #:1175452
Type: Postcard
City: Washington
State: District of Columbia (DC)
Publisher: W.B. Garrison, Inc.
Postmark: 1915 Sep-23
Postmark City: Washington
Postmark State: DC
Stamp: 1c Washington
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Publisher's Series #: 3402
Recipient Address:H. F. Van Order,
Inspector Police Dept.
Horseheads, NY

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Additional Details:
A view is here shown of the new Post Office, Washington, D. C., which adjoins the Union Station. It is built of white granite, covers an area of 100,000 square feet, and in design is an adaption of Roman Architecture. The Union Station was built by the U. S. Government, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The cost of the land, building and terminal improvements was $18,000,000. It is built of white granite; is 760 feet in length, 343 feet in width, and is one of the notable railway stations of the world.

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