Construction of the historic station began in 1912 and the facility opened November 3, 1913.

Inside the historic station, most of the space is a large waiting area, with benches on the walls.

The historic station itself exists, but currently serves as a restaurant.

This historic station had two towers and was destroyed by an electrical fire in 1994.

There are continued efforts to move the current Amtrak stop closer to the historic station and downtown area.

Also on this street is a war memorial, an historic fire station used for exhibits, and a small shopping centre.

The low building in front of the historic station building houses a pharmacy.

There are probably more delicate ways to characterize the $100 million project to overhaul the historic station, which officially got under way last week.

"Such a bold intervention in a historic station is unprecedented in recent times."

Reconstruction of the lines took until 1955, and some of the historic stations were never rebuilt.