WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Union Station is set to open on September 7, but City of Winston-Salem officials are asking the community to get involved before then.
- Archivists from Winston-Salem State University are helping the city gather oral histories from people who visited the station when it operated as a train station.
- They hope it helps bring back to life all the different aspects of the building.
- Visitors spent part of their morning remembering the times their families visited the station in the 1950's and 1960's.
Archivists from Winston-Salem State University are helping the city gather oral histories from people who visited the station when it operated as a train station.
They hope it helps bring back to life all the different aspects of the building.
"I think seeing the face with the story gives a little more context to the people watching, and you can kind of get a sense of what it was like being in the station," Tom Flynn of WSSU said.
Larry Cheek and Alan Keely spent part of their morning remembering the times their families visited the station in the 1950's and 1960's. Both were impressed by the renovations, which sparked even more memories returning.
"To walk in and see what they've done with the building, and just completely refurbished, rehab, redo I'm terribly proud of them," Cheek said.
Flynn can be contacted at flynnth@wssu.edu or at (336) 750-2426.
