St. Louis · Union Station
St. Louis Union Station Hotel
Theodore Link's 1894 rail terminal, a National Historic Landmark; book a headhouse room, as others are newer construction under the train shed.
- Built
- 1894Station built 1892-94 and opened September 1, 1894; the headhouse originally held a hotel. The 1985 hotel conversion occupies the headhouse and part of the train shed.
- Style
- Romanesque Revival
- Architect
- Theodore Link
- Type
- Grand hotel
- Area
- Union Station
- Credentials
- National Historic Landmark; Historic Hotels of America member; Local landmark
The story
The Terminal Railroad Association opened Union Station on September 1, 1894, to Theodore Link’s design; it was then the largest and busiest rail station in the world, and its headhouse held a hotel, restaurant and the gold-leafed Grand Hall. Traffic peaked at about 100,000 passengers a day in the 1940s, and the last Amtrak train left in 1978. The Rouse Company reopened the complex in 1985 with a 539-room hotel in the headhouse and part of the train shed. The hotel has since run under Omni, Hyatt Regency, Marriott and DoubleTree flags and now operates as a Curio Collection hotel.
The ghost story
Ghost City Tours, a ghost-tour company, tells of a 'Lady in White', said to be a bride-to-be who died of grief after her fiancé was killed, who waits in the Grand Hall and on the upper floors, and of spectral Harvey Girls where the station's Harvey House restaurant once served travelers.
Source: ghostcitytours.com
Good to know
- Address: 1820 Market Street, St. Louis, MO 63103
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.