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Broad Street Train Station

Waiting room in Broad Street Train Station. Two large ionic columns and four long wooden benches. A globe hangs above and the ceiling is tall.

Broad Street Train Station was designed by John Russell Pope, who also created designs for the Branch House on Monument Avenue and the Jefferson Memorial, National Gallery of Art, and National Archives in Washington, D.C.

By Laura Carr
Museum Technician

Broad Street Station (now the Science Museum of Virginia) was fully operational by 1919, and was able to offer the traveler many amenities. These included a barber shop, smoking rooms, enclosed waiting rooms, a dining room as well as a bakery, a soda fountain, and news and cigar stands.

Waiting room in Broad Street Train Station. Two large ionic columns and four long wooden benches. A globe hangs above and the ceiling is tall.
Broad Street Station Waiting Room, 1920s, Cook Collection, Cook0744, The Valentine.
Long counter selling cigars, newspapers, postcards, etc. with man in a suit behind the counter. Above the counter it says, "News * Cigars"
News Stand Broad Street Station, Cook Collection, Cook 0738, The Valentine.
Four men in white chef's coats standing in a kitchen with multiple pots on the stove and many others hanging from hooks.
Broad Street Station kitchen, Cook Collection, Cook 074, The Valentine.
Dining room with tables for four set with tablecloths, silverware and glasses. A mirrored window wall runs the length of the room. There are four tall potted plants arranged along the wall.
Broad Street Station Dining Room, Cook Collection, Cook 0742, The Valentine.

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Authors Laura Carr
Work Title Broad Street Train Station
Website https://thevalentine.org
Published October 3, 2016
Updated May 28, 2024
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