 There are offices on the north and south; some look out over the main space.The station was built in 1889, and served the Hartford and New Haven Railroad, Central New England Railway, Hartford and Connecticut Valley Railroad (all of which were acquired by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad) and the New York and New England Railroad, but the entire structure had to be rebuilt after a fire in 1914.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as "Hartford Union Station" in 1975.