Louisville and Nashville Passenger Station and Express Building

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Louisville and Nashville Passenger Station and Express Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The depot in 2008.
Location:	Pensacola, Florida
Added to NRHP:	June 11, 1979
Governing body:	Private

The Louisville and Nashville Passenger Station and Express Building is a historic Louisville and Nashville Railroad depot in Pensacola, Florida. It is located at 239 North Alcaniz Street.^[1]

The building was constructed between 1912 and 1913 in the Prairie School architectural style. It is primarily of Spanish Mission design with elements of Italianate.^[2][3]

On June 11, 1979, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.^[4]

In 1984, the building was refurbished and incorporated into Pensacola Grand Hotel (now the Crowne Plaza Pensacola Grand Hotel) that was built just behind it. The renovation of the building was a painstaking process that involved using as much of the original material as possible. Currently, the building houses the lobby, shops, restaurant and meeting rooms for the hotel. ^[5][6]

[edit] References

1. ^  Escambia County listings at National Register of Historic Places
2. ^  Escambia County listings
3. ^ L & N Passenger Terminal
4. ^ Crowne Plaza information sheet on the Passenger Depot located at the hotel's web site.