Huntington station (Amtrak)

The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway reached its original western terminus in Huntington in 1871. Its first station building, a three-story mansard-roofed building, was completed the following year. In 1913, the building was replaced by a new three-story 31,000-square-foot Colonial Revival red brick building with an Ionic portico. Around 1924, a statue of Collis Potter Huntington was added that was sculpted by Gutzon Borglum. It ceased to be used for passenger service in April 1971, and was converted to administrative offices for C&O's successor CSX Transportation, serving as the headquarters of one of its ten divisions. dramatically curtailing the number of employees in the building. == Amtrak station ==

The Amtrak station replaced the Chesapeake and Ohio station on 7th Avenue, which is still used by CSX. The C&O station hosted daily trains headed northwest, west and east: Fast Flying Virginian (west to Cincinnati, and sections east to Washington, D.C., and Newport News), George Washington (sections west to Cincinnati and Louisville, and sections east to Washington, D.C., and Newport News) and the Sportsman (northwest to Detroit, and sections east to Washington, D.C., and Newport News). The one story Amtrak building was constructed to a standard design that Amtrak developed in the 1970s and used at locations throughout the country for the next two decades. Typical features included at Huntington are concrete block walls, floor to ceiling windows and a black, cantilevered roof. ==See also==