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|name= Savannah History Museum
|image= Savannah, GA USA Central of Georgia terminal.JPG
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|caption= The old Central of Georgia terminal building in 2015, now a visitor center
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|location= 303 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard <br />Savannah, Georgia<br />United States
|type= History
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|website= http://www.chsgeorgia.org/history-museum.html
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| name                  = Central of Georgia Depot and Trainshed
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| image                 = Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station (Savannah, Georgia).jpg
| caption               = Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station in 1976
| location              = W. Louisville and E. Liberty Sts., [[Savannah, Georgia]]
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| locmapin              = USA Georgia#USA
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| built                 = {{start date and age|1860}}
| architect             = [[Augustus Schwaab]]
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| designated_nrhp_type  = {{start date and age|1976|12|8}}<ref name="nhlsum">{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1606&ResourceType=District|title=Central of Georgia Railroad Shops and Terminal|accessdate=2008-04-20|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090131023313/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1606&ResourceType=District|archive-date=2009-01-31|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| partof                = [[Central of Georgia Railroad: Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities]]
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'''Central of Georgia Depot and Trainshed''' 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,<ref name="nhlsum"/><ref name="nrhpinv2">{{Cite journal|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Central of Georgia Railway: Savannah Shops & Terminal Facilities|url={{NHLS url|id=78000970}} |format=pdf|date=February 15, 1978 |author=Eric N. DeLony |publisher=National Park Service}} (includes 7 pages of drawings) and {{NHLS url|id=78000970|title=''Accompanying 13 photos, from 1976, 1973, and 1962 (of which 3 show the Depot that is part of the NHL)''|photos=y}}&nbsp;{{small|(32&nbsp;KB)}}</ref> a listing that was expanded in 1978 to the old [[Georgia State Railroad Museum|Central of Georgia Railway Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/oia/topics/worldheritage/Applications/GeorgiaRR.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315133330/https://www.nps.gov/oia/topics/worldheritage/Applications/GeorgiaRR.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2018-03-15 |title=UNESCO World Heritage Site Tentative List Nomination for Central of Georgia Railway: Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities |publisher=National Park Service (via Google cache) |accessdate=2015-12-16 }}</ref>
Located on the northwest corner of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Louisville Road in the city's historic downtown, the red brick passenger terminal of the CofG complex houses the Savannah Visitor Center and the Savannah History Museum. The site complex includes several notable structures, including cotton yard, a blacksmith shop, a brick [[viaduct]] and the trainshed, as well as an [[Railroad car#Non-revenue cars|office car]] and [[caboose]]. It is owned by the Coastal Heritage Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of coastal Georgia and adjacent regions.
The '''Savannah History Museum''' is located at 303 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard ([[Georgia State Route 25 Connector (Savannah)|Georgia State Route 25 Connector]]).  The museum is housed inside the old passenger terminal.  It contains artifacts and exhibits relating to the history of Savannah from its establishment to the current time.<ref name=brochure>Savannah History Museum.  "Savannah History Museum" brochure, circa 2007.</ref> The shops and terminal facilities were listed separately on June 2, 1978, and the Coastal Heritage Society opened the museum on the site in 1989.<ref>Coastal Heritage Society. [http://chsgeorgia.org/Railroad-Museum.html "Georgia State Railroad Museum."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424031436/http://www.chsgeorgia.org/railroad-museum.html |date=2015-04-24 }} Accessed 2015-08-09.</ref>
== Passenger trains in the station ==
The Central of Georgia operated several trains to the station, on an [[Atlanta]] ([[Terminal Station (Atlanta)|Terminal Station]]) - [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]] ([[Terminal Station (Macon, Georgia)|Terminal Station]]) - Savannah itinerary. The last of these was the ''[[Nancy Hanks (train)|Nancy Hanks II]],'' operating to 1971, when [[Amtrak]] assumed most passenger train operations in the United States.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Central of Georgia Railway, Table 1 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways |publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=102 |issue=12 |date=May 1970}}</ref><ref>"Passenger Trains Operating on the Eve of Amtrak" Trains magazine http://ctr.trains.com/~/media/import/files/pdf/f/7/7/passenger_trains_operating_on_the_eve_of_amtrak.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826050444/http://ctr.trains.com/~/media/import/files/pdf/f/7/7/passenger_trains_operating_on_the_eve_of_amtrak.pdf |date=2012-08-26 }}</ref>
==References==
{{Portal|National Register of Historic Places|Trains|Georgia (U.S. state)}}
{{Reflist}}
{{Adjacent stations|system=Central of Georgia Railway|line=Main|left=West Savannah}}
==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Central of Georgia Depot and Trainshed}}
*[http://www.chsgeorgia.org/history-museum.html Savannah History Museum] – Coastal Heritage Society
*[http://www.visitsavannah.com/info-and-help/visitor-center-locations.aspx Savannah Visitors Center Locations] – Visit Savannah
*[http://railga.com/Depots/savcofgpa.html Central of Georgia Passenger Station in Savannah (RailGeorgia.com)]
*[[Historic American Engineering Record]] (HAER) documentation, filed under Savannah, Chatham County, GA:
**{{HAER |survey=GA-2 |id=ga0357 |title=Central of Georgia Railway, Passenger Station & Train Shed |photos=40 |dwgs=5 |data=11 |cap=3 |link=no}}
**{{HAER |survey=GA-3 |id=ga0116 |title=Central of Georgia Railway, 1853 Brick Arch Viaduct |photos=10 |dwgs=1 |cap=1 |link=no}}
**{{HAER |survey=GA-4 |id=ga0115 |title=Central of Georgia Railway, 1860 Brick Arch Viaduct |photos=9 |dwgs=1 |cap=1 |link=no}}
**{{HAER |survey=GA-51 |id=ga0440 |title=Central of Georgia Railway, Cotton Yard Gates |photos=8 |cap=1 |link=no}}
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