National Historic Landmark · railway station · Savannah, Georgia

Central of Georgia Depot and Trainshed

Historic train depot and museum in Savannah, Georgia, USA. Added to the National Register in 1976, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 19761 contributing buildings
Central of Georgia Railroad StationCentral of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station (Savannah, Georgia)Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station and Train Shed, Corner of Louisville (Railroad) Road and West Broad Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA HAER GA,26-SAV,56- (sheet 1 of 5)Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station and Train Shed, Corner of Louisville (Railroad) Road and West Broad Street, Savannah, Chatham County, GA HAER GA,26-SAV,56- (sheet 2 of 5)
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What it is

Wikipedia · Savannah station (Central of Georgia Railway)

Savannah station 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, a listing that was expanded in 1978 to the old Central of Georgia Railway Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeHistoric district
AddressW. Broad and Liberty Sts., Savannah, GA
CountyChatham County
ListedDec 8, 1976
Reference number76000610
Type of placerailway station, railway museum
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places contributing property
Contributing resources1 buildings

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressW. Broad and Liberty Sts., Savannah, GA
Websitechsgeorgia.org/history-museum.html ↗
Coordinates32.07615, -81.09964 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitFort Pulaski National Monument · 10 mi · on Park Atlas
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 76000610. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.