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The Union Station arch is a 35 ft (11 m) Beaux-Arts arch standing at McFerson Commons Park in Columbus, Ohio. The work was designed by renowned architect Daniel Burnham , as part of a grand entranceway to the city's Union Station .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 1 March 2025. Public university in Louisville, Kentucky, US University of Louisville Former names Jefferson Seminary (1798–1829) Louisville Medical Institute (1837–1846) Louisville College (1840–1846) Type Public research university Established April 3, 1798 ; 226 years ago (April 3, 1798 ...
View of Main Street, Louisville, in 1846. The history of Louisville, Kentucky spans nearly two-and-a-half centuries since its founding in the late 18th century. The geology of the Ohio River, with but a single series of rapids midway in its length from the confluence of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers to its union with the Mississippi, made it inevitable that a town would grow on the site.
The arch in the Arena District, located in McFerson Commons near Nationwide Arena, started out as part of the Union Station train depot.
Columbus, the "Arch City,” once attracted the Grand Army of the Republic for its 22nd Encampment and a grand parade in 1888.
Louisville has changed significantly during the past century. Downtown has been developed, bridges added over the Ohio River, major manufacturing has come into the region and residents have become ...
Taking down a streetcar arch at Broad and Wall streets, 1915. Arches were first used on streets in Columbus in 1888. The Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), a national veterans organization, held its 22nd annual convention in the city that year, bringing about 250,000 people to the city that had held a population of about 90,000.
It was the founding city of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, which grew into a 6,000-mile (9,700 km) system across 13 states. Today, the city is known as the home of boxer Muhammad Ali, the Kentucky Derby, Kentucky Fried Chicken, the University of Louisville and its Cardinals, Louisville Slugger baseball bats, and Fortune 500 company Humana.