Albany in Dougherty County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Union Station Depot

National Register of Historic Places

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 5, 2021

1. Union Station Depot Marker

Inscription. This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1912.

Location. 31° 34.893′ N, 84° 8.966′ W. Marker is in Albany, Georgia, in Dougherty County. It can be reached from West Roosevelt Avenue 0.1 miles east of North Washington Street. Marker is mounted at eye-level on the subject building, just to the right of the west/front north portico entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 100 West Roosevelt Avenue, Albany GA 31701, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: De Soto in Georgia (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Albany Herald (approx. ¼ mile away); City of Albany (approx. ¼ mile away); Dougherty County (approx. ¼ mile away); Colonel Nelson Tift (approx. ¼ mile away); Nelson Tift (approx. ¼ mile away); The Bridge House (approx. 0.3 miles away); British Royal Air Force Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Albany.

Regarding Union Station Depot. National Register of Historic Places #75000590. Also a contributing property in Albany Railroad Depot Historic District, NRHP #84000979.

Also see . . . Union Station Depot.

Union station was built in 1912 to serve passenger trains of the Albany and Northern, Atlantic Coast Line (ACL), Central of Georgia, Georgia Northern, and Seaboard Air Line railroads, replacing an earlier 1857 depot. The City of Miami was the last passenger train to operate out of Albany in 1971. Union Station depot was preserved as a legendary landmark, converted into a museum, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Union Station Depot (<i>west/front entrance</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 5, 2021

2. Union Station Depot (west/front entrance)

(marker is mounted just to the right of the doorway)

(Submitted on November 28, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Union Station Depot (<i>southwest elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 5, 2021

3. Union Station Depot (southwest elevation)

Union Station Depot (<i>west elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 5, 2021

4. Union Station Depot (west elevation)

Georgia Northern Locomotive 107 (<i>behind station</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 5, 2021

5. Georgia Northern Locomotive 107 (behind station)

Georgia Northern Caboose X153 (<i>behind station</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 5, 2021

6. Georgia Northern Caboose X153 (behind station)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 28, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 28, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 582 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 28, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.