Birmingham Terminal Station

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Birmingham Terminal Station
Hand colored postcard from a photograph of the Birmingham Terminal Station taken in 1909
Construction
Architect	P. Thornton Marye
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
History
Opened	1909
Closed	1969
Key dates
1969	demolished
Former services
Preceding station Central of Georgia Railway Following station Terminus Birmingham – Fort Valley Irondale toward Fort Valley Preceding station Illinois Central Railroad Following station Jasper toward Corinth Corinth – Birmingham Terminus Preceding station Seaboard Air Line Railroad Following station Terminus Birmingham – Monroe Irondale toward Monroe Preceding station Southern Railway Following station Terminus Main Line Henry-Ellen toward Washington, D.C. West End toward New Orleans New Orleans – Cincinnati Irondale toward Cincinnati North Birmingham toward Columbus, MS Columbus, MS – Birmingham Terminus Parrish toward Florence Florence – Birmingham West End toward Mobile Mobile – Birmingham Preceding station St. Louis–San Francisco Railway Following station Pratt City toward Kansas City Kansas City – Birmingham Terminus

The Birmingham Terminal Station (or simply Birmingham Terminal), completed in 1909, was the principal railway station for Birmingham, Alabama (United States) until the 1950s. It was demolished in 1969, and its loss still serves as a rallying image for local preservationists.