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The Louisville and Nashville Passenger Station and Express Building is a historic
Louisville and Nashville Railroad The Louisville and Nashville Railroad , commonly called the L&N, was a Class I railroad that operated freight and passenger services in the southeast United States. Chartered by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1850, the road grew into one of the ...
passenger train depot in Pensacola, Florida.


History

It is located at 239 North Alcaniz Street. The building was constructed between 1912 and 1913 with elements of Prairie School, Spanish Mission, and Italianate architectural styles.L & N Passenger Terminal
/ref> On June 11, 1979, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. In 1984, the depot was refurbished and incorporated into the Pensacola Grand Hotel (now the Crowne Plaza Pensacola Grand Hotel) that was built just behind it. The renovation of the depot was a painstaking process that used as much of the original material as possible. The building houses the lobby, shops, restaurant and meeting rooms of the hotel. The hotel has housed two Presidents of the United States, including President Barack Obama in 2010.Crowne Plaza information sheet
on the Passenger Depot located a
the hotel's web site


Specific use for passenger trains

Until 1971 the Louisville and Nashville Railroad operated the ''
Gulf Wind The ''Gulf Wind'' was a streamlined passenger train inaugurated on July 31, 1949, as a joint operation by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (Seaboard Coast Line after merger with the Atlantic Coast Line ...
'' (New Orleans - Mobile - Jacksonville). And until 1955 the Frisco Railway ran a section of the ''Sunnyland'' from the station to Memphis via Tupelo.


See also

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Pensacola (Amtrak station) Pensacola station is a former train station in Pensacola, Florida. It was served by Amtrak, the national railroad passenger system. The station served as a replacement for the former Louisville and Nashville Passenger Station and Express Building ...


References


External links


Escambia County listings
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida
Pensacola, Florida Pensacola () is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, and the county seat and only incorporated city of Escambia County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 54,312. Pensacola is the principal ...
Former railway stations in Florida National Register of Historic Places in Escambia County, Florida Railway stations in the United States opened in 1913 Buildings and structures in Pensacola, Florida 1913 establishments in Florida Transportation buildings and structures in Escambia County, Florida {{Pensacola-stub