Springfield Union Station

Springfield, United States

Open to visitors

The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.

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Springfield Union Station in Springfield, Illinois is a Richardsonian Romanesque structure designed by architect Francis T. Bacon that opened in 1898. Located at 500 East Madison Street in downtown Springfield, the station served as a major rail hub until 1971, when Amtrak consolidated operations at another depot three blocks west. Following the end of train service, the building housed state government offices and private businesses before being listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The station was subsequently integrated into the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum complex and reopened to the public in 2007, now standing adjacent to the presidential library as part of a larger cultural institution.