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Cleveland Greyhound Bus Terminal

Greyhound Bus Terminal, Cleveland Ohio
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Cleveland Greyhound Bus Terminal

Greyhound Bus Terminal, Cleveland, Ohio

Credit

Flick (Colin Rose)

Site overview

The Cleveland bus terminal was built as part of a series of bus terminals constructed for exclusive use by the Greyhound Corporation beginning in the late 1930s. As the last William Strudwick Arrasmith-designed Greyhound terminal built in the Streamline Moderne style and the first Greyhound terminal to be built following World War II, the building marks the resurgence of the Greyhound Corporation’s cross-country construction of a national system of terminals. An unmistakable icon of Greyhound’s corporate identity with its architectural emphasis on the feeling of speed and movement, the terminal reflects the rapid re-engagement of the American bus industry during the postwar era.

Primary classification

Transport/Communications (TRC)

Secondary classification

Commercial (COM)

Designations

U.S. National Register of Historic Places, listed on June 2, 1999

Author(s)

Heather Hartshorn | Columbia University | 1/29/2011

How to Visit

Open to the public

Location

1465 Chester Ave
Cleveland, OH, 44114

Country

US
More visitation information

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Greyhound Bus Terminal, Cleveland, Ohio
Credit: Flick (Colin Rose)

Designer(s)

W.S. Arrasmith

Other designers

W.S. Arrasmith

Related News

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January 05, 2021
Commission

22 October 1946

Completion

30 March 1948

Commission / Completion details

22 October 1946 (groundbreaking). 30 March 1948 (completion)

Significant Alteration(s) with Date(s)

2000: $5 million restoration by Greyhound

Construction Period

22 October 1946 (groundbreaking). 30 March 1948 (completion)

References

\"Greyhound Bus Station," National Register of Historic Places, last updated 29 January 2011, http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natregsearchresult.do?fullresult=true&recordid=3.Wrenick, Frank E. The Streamline Era Greyhound Terminals: The Architecture of W.S. Arrasmith. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland, 2007.
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