the Indianapolis Union Railroad Station a massive and impressive Romanesque revival building,is the single most important icon of the city's railroad era.today the station house a major hotel,restaurants,and a charter school.A branch office of the Mexican embassy also is located in the building,a sign of Indy's changing demographics,and a fitting place because this was the gateway to Indianapolis for most of the city's immigrant of the 19th and early 20th centuries,In 1847,the Madison & Indianapolis Railroad reached Indianapolis,Railroads connected the young state capital to the rest of the nation.Over the next decade,other major rail lines would reach town.Because he railroads crossed through at various location,connection for freight and travelers were complicated.In August 1849,Union Railway company formed t solve the problem,The company laid tracks to connect the railroads,then built a large brick train shed where all lines met-America's first Union Station,which was located on this site.