{"nrhp_refnum":"97000922","name":"Southern Railway Freight Depot","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1300 6th Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Muscogee County","state":"GA","lat":32.47164851200006,"lon":-84.98458958799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1997-08-21","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Transportation","Commerce","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story brick railroad freight depot at 1300 6th Avenue in Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, built about 1916 by Southern Railway to a design from its Chief Engineer's Office in Washington, D.C.","why_significant":"It is a good representative example of a utilitarian railroad freight warehouse, with door openings on both sides, a large open warehouse room and locally made brick. It was also a vital part of Columbus's rail hub around Union Passenger Station, built when Southern Railway relocated its facilities there.","narrative":"Built around 1916, this long, low brick freight depot at 1300 6th Avenue in Columbus, Georgia, was constructed by Southern Railway as part of the move of its operations to the city's main rail center, between the Swift Textile Mills and Union Passenger Station. Its plan served rail and road traffic: trains unloaded on the track side while wagons and later trucks collected goods from the street side, with a fixed floor level to ease transfers. The load-bearing walls use locally made brick, and the original layout had eighteen identical open bays under exposed wooden beams and trusses, plus an office area at the south end. A wide canopy on timber brackets shelters the street side, where most of the original sliding wooden doors remain. A certified rehabilitation turned the interior into offices and converted the track-side doors into windows, keeping the original opening sizes. It is recognized for its transportation and commercial role and its plain warehouse design, with a period of significance of 1916 to 1947.","period_of_significance":"1916-1947","architect_builder":"Chief Engineer's Office, Southern Railway, Washington, D.C.","architectural_style":"OTHER: warehouse","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Rehabilitated under a certified rehabilitation; the interior warehouse space is now divided into offices and the building is in commercial/business use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.293245-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/97000922.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209136","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134440246"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/muscogee-county/southern-railway-freight-depot-97000922/"}