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The L&N Station is a former rail passenger station in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, located in the downtown area at the northern end of the World's Fair Park. Built in 1905 by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, the station was renovated for use in the 1982 World's Fair, and is currently home to the Knox County STEM Academy.〔Lydia McCoy, "(STEM School Classes Start on Monday at Former Knoxville Train Station )," Knoxville ''New Sentinel'', 14 August 2011. Retrieved: 15 August 2011.〕 In 1982, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its architecture and role in Knoxville's transportation history.〔 The L&N completed a rail line running from Cincinnati to Atlanta in the early 1900s, and built a string of passenger stations and depots to service trains along this line.〔 The company's Knoxville station was the city's largest, and considered by some the "finest" along the L&N's entire Cincinnati–Atlanta line.〔 It served as a passenger station until the L&N ceased passenger train service to Knoxville in 1968, and continued to house L&N offices until 1975.〔 The L&N Station is mentioned in several scenes in author James Agee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, ''A Death in the Family''.〔James Agee, ''A Death in the Family'' (New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957), pp. 17, 41, 218-219.〕 The L&N Station is now home to the L&N STEM Academy, a magnet high school which focuses on science, technology, engineering, and math. ==Design== The L&N Station occupies the southwest corner of the intersection of Western Avenue, Broadway, Henley Street, and Summit Hill Drive, opposite Old City Hall. It straddles the east bank of Second Creek, and was designed to incorporate the bank's downward slope. The building is L-shaped, with wings projecting west and south of the northeast corner tower (the wings face Western Avenue and Henley Street). Due to the ground's slope, the building's main floor is at ground level on the north and east sides, but rises a full story above the ground on the south and west sides.〔 Tracks and train sheds originally extended from the rail yard up to the rear of the building.〔Thompson Brothers (photographers), (L&N Station ), Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection. Retrieved: 30 December 2010.〕 The building's most recognizable feature is its northeast corner tower, which rises three stories, and is topped by a pitched, clay-tiled roof with decorated dormers. A smaller tower rises at the end of the west wing, giving the building its chateau-like appearance. A wrap-around veranda allows access to the main floor on the south side of the building. The north side of the west wing originally included frosted glass doors and glazed transoms, which have been restored. Due to the construction of the Western Avenue Viaduct, the building's ground level lies about below Western Avenue, with a ramp providing vehicular access.〔 The interior of the main floor consisted of waiting rooms in the west wing, a dining room in the northeast corner tower, and a kitchen, lunch counter, and baggage areas in the south wing. The waiting rooms included a general waiting room, a ladies' waiting room (with a private entrance and an entrance from the general waiting room) on the northwest corner, and a "colored" waiting room on the southwest corner. The colored waiting room, a relic of segregation, had a separate entrance. The second story consisted of L&N offices, and the third story in the northeast tower was used as a drafting room by L&N engineers.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「L&N Station (Knoxville)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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