Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center
- Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center
The Jacksonville Terminal Company owned Union Station in Jacksonville, Florida and the trackage surrounding it. It was partly owned by each railroad feeding into it. The station, located at 1000 Water Street, is now the Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center. The Convention Center station of the JTA Skyway is located across the street.
History
The first union station in Jacksonville was built by the Savannah, Florida and Western Railway (later part of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) in 1883. The Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway (also later part of the ACL) began to use it in 1884. Other terminals served the Florida Central and Peninsular Railroad (later part of the Seaboard Air Line Railway), the Florida East Coast Railway, and the Georgia Southern and Florida Railway.
The company was incorporated in 1894 by Henry Flagler, who owned the Florida East Coast Railway. Its first Union Depot opened on February 4, 1895, and was completed on January 15, 1897. It came to be known as the Flagler Depot.
The second Union Station opened in 1919 on the site of the original one, and was last used on January 3, 1974 (Amtrak now stops several miles north). In 1982, a public-private partnership was started, led by former CSX chairman Prime F. Osborn III. The new convention center opened on October 17, 1986.
Ownership
The original company was owned by five railroads, in the following proportions:
*25% Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
*25% Florida East Coast Railway
*25% Seaboard Air Line Railway
*12.5% Southern Railway
*12.5% Georgia Southern and Florida Railway (later merged into the Southern)The ACL and SAL are now part of CSX, the FEC is still independent, and the Southern is now part of Norfolk Southern.
External links
* [http://www.jaxevents.com/primeosborn.php Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center]
References
* [http://www.earlpleasants.com/search_1.asp Railroad History Database]
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