Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio Railroad Passenger Terminal - Mobile, Alabama

The Gulf Terminal Building was constructed shortly after the turn-of-the-century and is one of only two large scale railroad stations in the state. Completed in 1907 at a cost of $400,000, the massive and ornate building reflects the importance of railroads and the City of Mobile in this era. The Neo-Spanish Colonial building is one of the earlier and finer examples of the style in the city and was designed by P. Thornton Marye. The Mobile and Ohio Railroad was one of the most important transportation ventures in antebellum Alabama. The road, charted by the Alabama legislature in 1848 was an ambitious project to connect Mobile with the Mississippi River at Memphis and with the railroads of the Midwest and the Great Lakes at Chicago. Mobilians hoped to divert much of the Mississippi trade from New Orleans to their port city. The road was one of the first two roads in the U.S. to receive a land grant from the Federal government, a precedent which had a great impact on the latter half of the 19th Century. William Rufus King of Alabama and Stephen Douglas of Illinois joined forces in the U.S. Senate to obtain the grants for the building of the Mobile and Ohio and the Illinois Central.

In the late 19th Century the majority of the stock of the M & O was acquired by Southern Railroad and the present structure was a joint project of the two companies. The architect, P. Thomton Marye, was the head of a large Atlanta based firm which also designed the Atlanta Terminal (now demolished) as well as numerous public buildings throughout the south.

In 1940 the M & 0 merged with the Gulf, Mobile and Northern and became the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad. Later the company was acquired by the Illinois Central. Since passenger service was discontinued in 1958, the structure has housed offices and a computer system for the railroad.

On August 15, 1975, the Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio Railroad Passenger Terminal building was added to the National Register of Historic Places. All the information above was taken from the original documents submitted to the NRHP for listing consideration which can be viewed here:
catalog.archives.gov/id/77837033

Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.

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Taken on: March 11, 2022

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Camera: Nikon D7200, f/7.1, 22mm, ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7200
Aperture:	f/7.1
Focal Length:	22mm
ISO:	250
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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