The Hialeah Seaboard Air Line Railway Station is a historic

Seaboard Air Line Railroad The Seaboard Air Line Railroad , which styled itself "The Route of Courteous Service," was an American railroad which existed from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, its longtime rival, t ...

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Hialeah Hialeah ( ; ) is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. With a population of 223,109 as of the 2020 census, Hialeah is the sixth-largest city in Florida. It is the second largest city by population in the Miami metropolitan area, whi ...

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. It is located at 1200 Southeast 10th Court. Built in 1926, the station is essentially identical to the Naples Seaboard station on the southwest coast of Florida. Architects Harvey and Clarke, who also designed many other Seaboard Air Line stations of the period, designed the

Mediterranean Revival Mediterranean Revival is an architectural style introduced in the United States, Canada, and certain other countries in the 19th century. It incorporated references from Spanish Renaissance, Spanish Colonial, Italian Renaissance, French Colonia ...

station. It was served by, among other Seaboard trains, the '' Orange Blossom Special'' until 1953, and the ''

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'' beginning in 1939. Passenger service to the station ended in 1972. On July 14, 1995, the station was added to the

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. In 1989, the

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began

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commuter rail service to the station, adding a bus shelter style structure immediately to the south, which it calls the Hialeah Market station.

Gallery

File:Hialeah FL SAL RR Station04.jpg, West side File:Hialeah FL SAL RR Station03.jpg, South side File:Hialeah FL SAL RR Station02.jpg, East side

References

External links

Miami-Dade County listings
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National Register of Historic Places

Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
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Hialeah Seaboard Airline Railway Station
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