1977 - The Union Station arch, all that remains of the station, located in what is now the Short North. Columbus railroad stations. Taken April 15, 1977.
In this black and white file photo, Union Station Arch is taken apart for later reconstruction in a new location in April 1977.
1977 - The Union Station arch, the only remaining part of the Union Station railroad station, is restored in April 1977. It stands in what is now the Short North area, immediately north of downtown on High Street.
In a 1979 file photo the old Union Depot Arch was rescued when clearing the way for Ohio Center, the city's convention center on North High Street and was rebuilt at park at Marconi Boulevard and Hickory Street. Citizens for the Union Station Arch waged campaign to save arch which was taken down stone by stone in 1977. Stones were numbered and stored until brought to the new site and the arch was rebuilt.
A file drawing shows the proposed relocation for Union Station Arch from a park located at Marconi and Ludlow that originally ran in the Dispatch in 1977.
In this black and white file photo, dated June 1981, " Arch Park, at 100 W. Hickory St., was dedicated last June and features former entrance to Union Station."
1998 - A man breezes by the Union Station Arch, on Marconi near Hickory downtown which is slated to be moved the Nationwide Arena District.
1998 - Image from the original proposal to relocate the Daniel Burnham-designed Union Station Arch to the head of the district's grassy Arena Park, now McFerson Commons, from its previous low-profile home at Marconi Boulevard and Ludlow Street.
1999 - The Union Station Arch is being prepared to move. The arch that used to front Union Station, a N. High Street complex torn down in 1976-77, will move from Arch Park on Marconi Blvd. to a new park near Nationwide Arena -- a trip of less than 2/10 of a mile.
1999 - The Union Station Arch on the site of the Nationwide Arena.
2002 - Donald Mebane of Washington D.C. takes a picture of Senetta Almira of Columbus next to the Union Station Arch.
1999 - The 400-ton Union Station arch sits at its new location near the Nationwide Arena which is under construction. The arch still has to be lowered into place.
1999 - Dimon McFerson CEO of Nationwide adds a ceremonial shovel of dirt to a tree for a topping off ceremony for the new arena near the Union Station Arch.
Aerial photo of the Arena District Arch Park, now called McFerson Commons, in downtown Columbus in March 2011.
Barry Leonhard from South Charleston, Ohio, skates over a ledge at McFerson Commons in Columbus, Ohio in 2014.
Two boys build a snowman at McFerson Commons in the Arena District in March 2015.
Union Station Arch at McFerson Commons was the stage for a photo opportunity when Columbus hosted the NCAA Women's Final Four in March 2018.
