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1928 Cleveland Union Terminal Station Building Specification Terminal Tower CUTOriginal 1928 Specifications for the Station Building for the Cleveland Union Terminals Company, Cleveland, Ohio, prepared by the prominent Chicago architectural firm Graham, Anderson, Probst & White and dated April 20, 1928. This substantial period construction document records the materials, workmanship, systems and contractual requirements used in building Cleveland's monumental Union Terminal complex during its original construction campaign.
The specifications extend to approximately 280 pages and cover an extraordinary range of architectural and engineering work, including masonry, granite and stone, terra cotta, ornamental iron and bronze, roofing, hollow metal, carpentry and cabinet work, plastering, marble and art marble, glazing, painting, plumbing, heating, ventilation, elevators, pneumatic tubes, electrical wiring, time systems and other building systems. Particularly interesting sections prescribe specific materials and finishes—including granite matching that used in the Terminal Tower and detailed marble schedules—as well as mechanical equipment, piping, fixtures and construction practices.
The opening General Conditions describe the project as the erection and completion of the railroad “Station Building” forming part of the Cleveland Union Terminal development and define its location around Public Square, Superior Avenue, Ontario Street and Huron Road. The document bears the printed approval signatures of Edward Probst and Howard J. White of Graham, Anderson, Probst & White.
This is not the considerably more common 1930 souvenir/dedication publication issued after the terminal opened; it is a working architectural specification produced during construction, two years before the formal 1930 opening. Cleveland State University's Cleveland Union Terminal Collection preserves extensive original construction records—including specifications, offers, drawings and plans—demonstrating the archival significance of documents of this type.
The Cleveland Union Terminal was one of Cleveland's defining construction projects of the 1920s. The entire depot and office complex was designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst & White; the first train entered the depot in October 1929 and the complex formally opened in June 1930.An unusually specialized piece of Cleveland architectural, railroad, engineering and Terminal Tower history, with strong research interest beyond conventional railroadiana.
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