{"nrhp_refnum":"82002403","name":"Albany Railroad Depot Historic District","other_names":["Heritage Plaza","See Also:Union Depot"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"E. Roosevelt Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Albany","county":"Dougherty County","state":"GA","lat":31.582556222500045,"lon":-84.14970286876499,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1982-05-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce","Transportation","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A railroad depot district of about three acres on the west bank of the Flint River in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia. It contains an 1857 depot, a 1913 Union Depot, a World War I-era Railway Express Agency building, and a brick-paved block of Roosevelt Avenue.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the district is significant for its architecture, commerce and transportation history. The 1857 depot is a rare, relatively intact antebellum railroad station in Georgia, and the 1913 Union Depot is an unusual Prairie style station. The complex was the center of shipping and receiving in Albany for more than 100 years and the railroad hub of southwest Georgia.","narrative":"Albany's historic railroad depot occupies about three acres beside the Flint River, two blocks northeast of the central business district. The district holds three railroad buildings and a brick street. The 1857 depot is a long, low brick building with massive timber roof trusses, bracketed eaves and built-in ventilators, described as a rare and relatively intact antebellum station in Georgia. The 1913 Union Depot is a dark-red brick Prairie style station with broad hipped roofs and two porte-cochere entrances. A World War I-era Railway Express Agency building with Spanish Mission parapets stands between them, and a 1913 brick street with streetcar tracks leads to the depot. The complex served as Albany's center for freight and passengers for more than a century. In the early twentieth century it handled seven rail lines and thirty-five daily trains. Passenger service ended in 1971, and the buildings were later acquired for a cultural center with a museum and planned planetarium.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1857, 1913)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Prairie style (1913 Union Depot); Spanish Mission styling (Railway Express Agency building)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Passenger service ended in 1971. The Union Depot is partly converted to a museum, the Railway Express Agency building is being renovated into a planetarium, and the 1857 depot is largely open space with plans for cultural center use.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.371643-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/82002403.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002403/585537b6a6-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/82002403/585537b6a6-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Michael Rivera","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Union_Station_Dept,_Albany.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Rivera</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:Union_Station_Dept,_Albany.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207848","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Plaza_(Albany,_Georgia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15051815"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/dougherty-county/albany-railroad-depot-historic-district-82002403/"}