Union Station Grand Re-Opening
After years of hearing about plans to refurbish the Union Train Station at 300 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, the opening date of the station is close…this Saturday! Come see the refurbished station and...
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December 6: Happy Birthday! John Alonzo Bolich Sr.
John Alonzo Bolich Sr. was born on this day in 1871, in Catawba County, to Amos Elkanah and Barbara Caroline Dellinger Bolich. He was educated in the public schools in Catawba County, and he...
July 21,1970: Union Train Station Closes
On this day in 1970, the last passenger train from Winston-Salem to Asheville marked the closing of the Union Train Station. Earlier in the month, the State Utilities Commission issued an order that eliminated...
April 15,1926: Union Train Station Opens
The Southern Railroad passenger station was located on a pie-slice piece of land between Third and Fourth Streets, on Chestnut Street. It opened in 1904, and was designed by Frank Milburn, a well-known architect...
February 1: Happy Birthday! Francis Henry Fries
Francis Henry Fries was born in Salem in 1855, the son of Francis Levin and Lisetta Maria Vogler Fries. Francis, known as Frank, attended the Salem Boys School and graduated from Davidson College. He had...
January 17, 1917: Streetcar Tracks to Extend to Depot
On this date: January 17, 1917. An announcement was made in the Winston-Salem Journal that approval was given to lay streetcar tracks to the passenger train station by way of Depot Street (later called...