USRC is pleased to announce that we have received a National Trust for Historic Preservation Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors grant for a Historic Interior Lighting Study of Union Station. The study will document the lighting, both artificial and natural, in the interior historic spaces over the station’s history. The study will commence in August 2017 and we anticipate completion by early 2018.

Initial document collection has already been undertaken by Sarah Mayersohn, USRC Document/Archive Manager, and Amani Bey, USRC Summer Intern. Building Conservation Associates, Inc., project consultant, will conduct fieldwork and prepare the study. USRC plans to use the study’s findings to inform on future station projects.