Windsor Station, National historic railway station in Ville-Marie, Canada
Windsor Station is a railway station with a gray limestone facade featuring wide arched openings and vertically grouped windows, designed in Richardsonian Romanesque style. A fifteen-story tower was added to the building in 1916 and remains a defining feature of its exterior.
The station opened in 1889 as the headquarters of the Canadian Pacific Railway and remained a major transportation hub until 1996. Thousands of immigrants passed through its halls as they began their new lives across Canada.
The hall added in 1913, topped with a glass roof, holds the Angel of Victory monument. The winged bronze figure on its stone pedestal commemorates Canadian Pacific Railway employees who died in the First World War, and it stands in a low black metal enclosure at the centre of the hall.
The station connects to the RÉSO underground network, making it easily accessible from other parts of the city. Today it houses office spaces, restaurants, and event venues that visitors can explore.
The 1913 concourse added by Canadian architects Barott & Blackader and W. S. Painter is roofed in glass and holds the bronze Angel of Victory, a memorial to CPR employees who died in the First World War. The building's walls are Montreal gray limestone, and its exterior columns reach up to 2.1 metres wide.
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