Union Station damaged by fire and excavations to the north

Providence\u27s first railroad station was Union Railroad Depot, a brick edifice built in 1847 and designed by Thomas A. Tefft for the Providence and Worcester, Providence and Stonington, and Boston and Providence Railroads. This building was lost to fire in 1896, and replaced by a newer Union Station, completed 1898, which consisted of five large brick structures, built by New Haven Railroad. It was considered a brilliant example of Romanesque architecture in its time, and the longest building in America. Union Station was in the process of being redesigned for office and retail use when it suffered an upper stories fire on April 26, 1987.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1028/thumbnail.jp