Union Terminal

Fellheimer & Wagner

Building a Nation - Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection

A previously unknown collection of over 25,000 black and white architectural photographs were discovered in a dilapidated house owned by the Indiana Limestone Company in Bedford, Indiana. These images of residences, churches, universities, museums, businesses, and public and municipal buildings, many of which were designed by prominent architects, document the use of Indiana limestone throughout the United States from the late 1800s to mid-1900s. Remarkably holistic in scope, these photographs and their accompanying metadata can be studied across major disciplines such as American history, architectural history, history of technology, urban studies, history of photography, historic preservation, labor history, and the history of geology. The Indiana Geological Survey, the custodian of the Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection, in partnership with the Indiana University Libraries has been cataloging, digitizing, archiving, and publishing online a growing subset of the photographs thanks to funding provided by Indiana University’s Office of the Vice Provost for Research and an LSTA grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Indiana State Library.

Image

Union Terminal Public Deposited

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Description

Now known as: Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal

Location

Street Address: 1301 Western Ave
Coordinates: 39.110002, -84.537824

ILCO ID

OH9707_2

Caption

Date of Photograph: 8/12/1932
Cut Stone Contractor: David Hummel Building Co.
Photographer/Studio: Rombach & Groene
General Contractor: James Stewart & Co.

City

Cincinnati

Filename

VAC5094-02760

Subject

Railroad facilities
Construction

State

Title

Union Terminal

Architect

Fellheimer & Wagner

Physical Description

Block
Kind of Stone: Rustic Buff & Rustic Gray
Quantity (cu. ft) and Finish: 52,00 & 16,500

Persistent URL

http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAC5094/VAC5094-02760

Source Metadata Identifier

VAC5094-02760

Holding Location

Bloomington - Indiana Geological and Water Survey
Geology Building
1001 E. 10th St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
Contact at igsacm@iu.edu, 812-855-7636

Campus

IU Bloomington

Building Date

1932

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