Nashville ยท The Gulch
The Union Station Nashville Yards
The L&N Railroad's 1900 station, a hotel since 1986, with a 65-foot vaulted lobby and a place on three Historic Hotels of America most-haunted lists.
- Built
- 1900Built 1898-1900 as the Louisville & Nashville Railroad's Union Station; opened October 9, 1900; converted to a hotel that opened in 1986.
- Style
- Richardsonian Romanesque
- Architect
- Richard Montfort (L&N Railroad engineer)
- Type
- Boutique hotel
- Rooms
- 125
- Area
- The Gulch
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Historic Hotels of America member
The story
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad built the station to plans by its engineer Richard Montfort, who had no formal architectural training, and it opened October 9, 1900. The lobby keeps its 65-foot barrel-vaulted ceiling, original prism stained glass, marble floors and three limestone fireplaces. HHA notes that federal agents escorted Al Capone through the station and that it was a waypoint for service members in World War II. Passenger service ended in 1979, and investors converted the empty station into the Union Station Hotel, which opened in 1986.
The ghost story
Historic Hotels of America relays the legend of Abigail, a young woman said to have lost the will to live after learning on the platform that her soldier had been killed in World War II. Guests and staff report her presence in the main terminal and in Room 711, now decorated as the 'Abigail Room'.
Source: www.historichotels.org
Good to know
- Breakfast: available
- Parking: on-site paid
- Pets welcome
- Address: 1001 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.