Grand Central Terminal at 89 East 42nd Street was built for the New York Central Railroad, with Reed and Stem and Warren and Wetmore as architects. The infobox gives construction from 1903 to 1913, and it opened on February 2, 1913. Both infobox and text call it Beaux-Arts. The text assigns overall design to Reed and Stem and the facade to Whitney Warren.
A steel frame carries a facade of Stony Creek granite and Indiana limestone. The Main Concourse is 275 feet (84 m) long, 120 feet (37 m) wide and 125 feet (38 m) high, with pink Tennessee marble floors and Guastavino tile vaults. Its walls use imitation Caen stone.
The Graybar Passage was added in 1926 and 1927. Vanderbilt Hall was restored in 1991, and a major renovation followed in 1998. Grand Central Madison was built beneath the station from 2007 to 2023. It is a National Historic Landmark.
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