{"nrhp_refnum":"70000199","name":"Central of Georgia Railway Company Shop Property","other_names":["See Also:Central of Georgia Railroad: Savannah Shops and Ter"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Between W. Jones St. and Louisville Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Savannah","county":"Chatham County","state":"GA","lat":32.067286350000046,"lon":-81.10150705849065,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-03-05","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1978-06-02","areas_of_significance":["Engineering","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A railway shop complex in Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, built between 1850 and 1855 for the Central of Georgia Railroad. It includes the Machine Shop, Blacksmith Shop, Engine House, a brick lumber shed and a tall smokestack, and was later expanded to cover many more railway structures.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the buildings are high-quality examples of mid-nineteenth century industrial design and rare survivors from the early railroad era. They were designed by William Morrill Wadley, a mechanic, architect and railroad president, and were praised in 1855 as among the finest railroad facilities in the country.","narrative":"Built between 1850 and 1855, this Savannah railway shop complex served the Central of Georgia Railroad, then among the most important lines in the Southeast. William Morrill Wadley, the line's superintendent and later president, designed it. The original group joined a machine shop, blacksmith shop, engine house and brick lumber shed, with a 125-foot ornamental smokestack nearby that also held a cast-iron water tank. Local brick from the Hermitage Plantation was used, and a Savannah foundry cast the iron band at the stack's base. An 1855 northern trade journal ranked the station among the most complete and elegant in the country. A later amendment widened the boundaries to take in the Red Building, Gray Building, freight warehouses, carpentry and paint shops, cotton yard gates and two canal bridges. Listing recognizes the complex as a rare survivor of early railroad-era industrial design and as the work of a notable railroad figure.","period_of_significance":"19th Century; specific date 1850 (prior to July 17, 1855)","architect_builder":"William Morrill Wadley (designer); Augustus Schwaab and Fay and Eichberg named for later structures","architectural_style":"Mid-nineteenth century industrial design; Romanesque Revival (engine house, gates, bridges); Queen Anne (Red Building)","criteria":[],"status_note":"The 1970 form lists the property as fair condition and not in use, and under purchase option by a historic site commission. A 1977 amendment says the Red Building is vacant, the Up Freight Warehouse is still used for storage, and the Passenger House serves as a visitor center.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.458768-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/70000199.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000199/d4623ecec0-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000199/d4623ecec0-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Ebyabe","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GA_Savannah_Central_of_GA_RR_Eichberg02.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ebyabe</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:GA_Savannah_Central_of_GA_RR_Eichberg02.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"82002392","name":"Savannah Victorian Historic District (Boundary Increase)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/georgia/savannah-victorian-historic-district-boundary-increase-82002392/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207277","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_of_Georgia_Railway_Company_Shop_Property","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20857859"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/chatham-county/central-of-georgia-railway-company-shop-property-70000199/"}