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The Georgia Railroad Freight Depot (1869) is the oldest building in downtown Atlanta. [citation needed]It is located on the east side of Central Avenue, bordered by the MARTA and freight railroad lines on its north side.
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.
Atlanta's first Union Station, also known as Union Depot (1853–1864) was the original depot of Atlanta, Georgia. It was designed by architect Edward A. Vincent . It stood in the middle of State Square , the city's main square at the time, where Wall Street now is between Pryor Street and Central Avenue.
The Western & Atlantic Railroad of the State of Georgia (W&A) is a railroad owned by the State of Georgia and currently leased by CSX, which CSX operates in the Southeastern United States from Atlanta, Georgia, to Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was founded on December 21, 1836.
The Union Station built in 1930 in Atlanta was the smaller of two principal train stations in downtown, Terminal Station being the other (the latter served Southern Railway, Seaboard Air Line, Central of Georgia (including the Nancy Hanks to Savannah), and the Atlanta and West Point).
The Atlanta and West Point Rail Road (reporting mark AWP) was a railroad in the U.S. state of Georgia, forming the east portion of the Atlanta-Selma West Point Route.The company was chartered in 1847 as the Atlanta and LaGrange Rail Road and renamed in 1857; construction of the 5 ft (1,524 mm) gauge [2] line was begun in 1849–50 and completed in May 1854.
Western & Atlantic Railroad Atlanta's 1871 Union Station Atlanta's 1871 Union Station Atlanta 's second Union Station was built in 1871 on the site of the 1853 station , burned in mid November 1864 when Federal forces left Atlanta for the March to the Sea.
Atlanta and West Point Railroad Freight Depot: March 26, 1976 215 Decatur St. ... Atlanta Buggy Company and Warehouse-Hatcher Bros. Furniture Company: August 21, 1992