{2} King Street Station

Directions: From Union Station, head west across 4th South and 2nd Extension South. Two minute walk.

King Street Station was completed in 1906 for use by the Great Northern and North Pacific Railroads. Today the 75-foot tower (campanile) is rivaled by many tall buildings surrounding it, but it must have risen like a beacon when it glowed on dark nights a hundred years ago. It would be another ten years before Smith Tower was built a few blocks to the north.

The clocks stopped working in the 1990s. Station renovations have begun on the interior, but I'm not sure when exterior work will start. After the building is cleaned off and the clocks are repaired, this should once again be a very useful timepiece, located at the hub of regional transit.

Location:
• South Jackson Street, south side of the street
• Southeast corner of 3rd Avenue South
• Clocks are on all four faces
• Clocks light up at night!