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Lost History: Southern Railway Building

Published March 25, 2013

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Sad. Just tragic. The building below is the old Southern Railway Building, formerly located at 13th and Pennsylvania.

Southern Railway Building in 1917

This building was purchased by the United States Government in 1928 for $2,680,000 to make way for the construction of Federal Triangle.

Posted in Lost History
and tagged 1910s

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