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Central of Georgia Depot and Trainshed is a former passenger depot and trainshed constructed in 1860 by the Central of Georgia Railway (CofG) before the outbreak of the American Civil War. This pair of buildings was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] a listing that was expanded in 1978 to the old Central of Georgia ...
The Georgia State Railroad Museum (formerly the Roundhouse Railroad Museum) is a museum in Savannah, Georgia located at a historic Central of Georgia Railway site. It includes parts of the Central of Georgia Railway: Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities National Historic Landmark District .
The Georgia Railroad depot, which stands at the entrance of Underground Atlanta, remains the oldest building in downtown Atlanta. Although the depot was originally three stories tall, the second and third story were destroyed by fire in 1935. Besides the train station, the bustling district included hotels, banks, law offices, and saloons.
The depot was completed in 1869. The architects were (Max) Corput and Bass. It was the main freight depot for the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company. [1] A fire in 1935 destroyed the upper floors and the cupola. [1] In 1981 the building was renovated to accommodate events. It can accommodate 800 seated guests or 1300 standing. [2]
The building includes Spanish or Mission architecture (red roof tile, tall chimney pots, and curvilinear gables) and replaced an earlier stone depot constructed in 1852 by the Macon & Western Railroad. It is now used as an arts center. [3] The last train was the Central of Georgia's Nancy Hanks.
Southern Railway Transfer caboose No. XC7871, In use for on site train rides (Spring, Summer and Fall only) Georgia Railroad No. 2866; Georgia Railroad Steel braced wood caboose No. 2849; Norfolk and Western No. 500837, In use for on site train rides (Spring, Summer and Fall only) Clinchfield Railroad No. 1064; Seaboard Coast Line No. 01077
1955 route map of the Central of Georgia, Georgia's Railroad History and Heritage at the Wayback Machine (archived 2017-11-15) Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, "Chapter VI: The Central of Georgia Railroad System," A History of Transportation in the Eastern Cotton Belt to 1860, New York, Columbia University Press, 1908.
Kiah Hall is a building in Savannah, Georgia, United States.Located on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.Regarded as "one of the finest examples of Greek Revival architecture in Georgia", [1] it is one of the original 1856 buildings of the country's only intact Antebellum Period railroad facility. [2]