Railroad Memories
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Railroad Memories
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The now abandoned historic B&O Railroad Depot in Grafton, West Virginia, designed by M.A Long, a well-known Baltimore architect, and built in 1911 by J.J. Walsh and Son of Baltimore. At that time, thirty passenger trains a day stopped in Grafton and a large depot and hotel was needed.
In the l950's the Carr China Plant and the Hazel Atlas Glass factories closed. Both employed several hundred workers and soon passenger train travel declined and the depot and the adjacent hotel stood empty.
This monumental Beaux-Arts complex is an important example of a building type far more common in Europe than in America: a combination railroad station and hotel. Both buildings are faced with red brick and terra-cotta trim. The station, at right angles to the hotel, is recessed and, because of the slope of the land, rises two stories on Main Street and three on trackside. By far the more ornate of the two structures, it has a five-bay central block treated as a monumental gateway with three-quarter columns of a robust, indeterminate order separating its three entrance bays. Above, a massive entablature and parapet curve segmentally at the center to accommodate a large, garlanded cartouche containing the familiar B&O logo.
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Kathi Isserman
CONGRATULATIONS your BEAUTIFUL image has been FEATURED on the HOME PAGE of Mid-Atlantic States of the USA! Please add this to the discussion 2021 “FEATURED IMAGE ARCHIVE THREAD.” Thank you for participating in the group.
Chad Lilly
Congratulations, your image has been featured in Urbex Abandoned in the World! Please feel free to place the embedded image link in the current "Feature Image Archive" discussion so it remains visible to future visitors.
Brian Tada
Beautiful architectural portrait, Jurgen, with magnificent presentation! Seen in the No Place Like Home group. F/L
Morris Finkelstein
Wonderful photograph of a historic, abandoned railroad depot with great architecture, perspective, and composition, Jurgen! F/L
Lesley Evered
A very grand building for a railroad depot. I can imagine that today's building would more likely be a portacabin!!!! This is a lovely slice of history. Favourite
Kathi Isserman
CONGRATULATIONS! Your WONDERFUL image has been FEATURED on the home page of "SHOWCASING THE SOUTH” L. Thank you for participating in the group. Please add the photo to the 2020 “FEATURED IMAGE ARCHIVE THREAD.”
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