King Street Station, located on Jackson Street between Third and Fourth Avenue S., is a brick and granite three-story building with a twelve-story clock tower. The ground floor, accessed from King Street, is clad in granite. The walls of the second and third floors, as well as the clock tower, are faced in pressed brick with decorative terra cotta elements such as cornices and window lintels.

1. Yesterday & Today: King Street Station in Photos

2. King Street Station under construction (1904-1906)

4. ALL ABOARD!

7. Main Waiting Room (looking northeast)

8. Main Waiting Room (looking northwest)

10. Women’s Waiting Room The area once known as the “women’s waiting room” will be restored and may be the future location for a coffee shop or restaurant

11. Looking north toward downtown King Street Station (left), Smith Tower (middle) and Union Station (Right)

13. Present Day King Street Station

15. Restored Compass Room Restored in 2005, the main entry provides a glimpse of King Street Station’s original historic character

17. View of original ceiling from main floor

18. View of original ceiling and top of lowered ceiling from second floor

19. King Street Station clock tower The station’s 245-foot signature clock tower was modeled after the San Marco bell tower of Venice, Italy. It houses four clocks, each of 14-foot diameter.

22. Damaged clock face

23. King Street Station clock gears

25. Tower roof

27. King Street Station tower and microwave dishes

29. Elegant original finishes remain intact amid evidence of neglect on the station’s second and third floors

34. Restoration Underway! A contractor removes the northern clock face hands

35. New paint is applied to clock face

36. 45’ microwave tower is removed

37. New roof tile is installed on station roof

38. View of roof installation (looking east)