Broad Street Station

Broad Street Station was a union railroad station in Richmond, Virginia, United States, across Broad Street from the Fan district. The building is now used by the Science Museum of Virginia.

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Type: Railway station
Description: railway station building in Richmond, Virginia
Address: 2500 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23220

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Science Museum of Virginia and The Dome at the Science Museum of Virginia.

Science Museum of Virginia

Museum

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The Science Museum of Virginia is a science museum located in Richmond, Virginia. Established in 1970, it is an agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is housed in the former Broad Street Station, built in 1917.

The Dome at the Science Museum of Virginia

Movie theater

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The Dome at the Science Museum of Virginia is a movie theater.

Children’s Museum of Richmond

Museum

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The Children's Museum of Richmond began in 1977 as the Richmond Children's Museum in the Navy Hill School building in downtown Richmond, Virginia. In 2000, the museum moved to its current location on Broad Street in Richmond. Children’s Museum of Richmond is situated 590 feet northwest of Broad Street Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scott’s Addition Historic District and The Fan.

Scott’s Addition Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Scott's Addition Historic District is a national historic district located in Richmond, Virginia.

The Fan

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The Fan is a district in Richmond, Virginia. It is named The Fan because of the way the roads fan out to the west from N. Belvidere St. It is easy to find a variety of boundaries that "define" the Fan, just ask a variety of Richmonders.

Museum District

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The Museum District is a district in Richmond, Virginia. In 1993, after many years of work this neighborhood was recognized as a Federal and State Historic District.

Broad Street Station

Categories: station building, heritage site, building, historic site, and transportation
Location: Richmond, Central Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.56154° or 37° 33′ 42″ north

Longitude

-77.46551° or 77° 27′ 56″ west

Inception

1919

Open location code

8794HG6M+JQ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 252997396

OpenStreetMap feature

building=train_station

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=heritage

Wikidata ID

Q137233756

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