Terminal Station (Macon, Georgia)

Terminal Station

Postcard view of Terminal Station circa 1930
Location Macon, Georgia
United States
Owned by City of Macon
History
Opened 1916
Closed 1975

Terminal Station, Macon, Georgia, is a railroad station that was built in 1916,[1] and is located on 5th St. at the end of Cherry St. It was designed by architect Alfred T. Fellheimer (1875–1959), prominent for his design of Grand Central Terminal in New York City in 1903. The station building is part of the Macon Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

Early history

Col. Robert L. Berner (1854–1922)[3] of Macon, Georgia, filed a petition on September 28, 1912, with the Georgia Railroad Commission, asking that the railroads entering Macon be required to erect an adequate Union passenger station in Macon. His efforts culminated in the construction of Terminal Station, which was officially opened in 1916.[4]

The Terminal Station building has a limestone exterior with the Main Lobby and Waiting Areas having marble floors and walls of pink Tennessee marble.[5]

Terminal Station encompassed 13 acres and was owned by the Macon Terminal Company. By the mid 1920s, the station dispatched an estimated 100 arrivals and departures per day.[1]

Recent history

After almost sixty years of service, Terminal Station closed in 1975, and the building remained unused. In 1982, it was purchased by Georgia Power Company and utilized as offices until the 1990s. The City of Macon, Georgia, purchased historic Terminal Station in 2002.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Macon Terminal Station". Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage.
  2. ↑ "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Macon Historic District (revised)" (PDF). National Park Service. June 27, 1995. p. 16. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Col. Robert L. Berner (1854-1922)". Find A Grave.
  4. ↑ Terminal Station Opens, April 6, 1917, The Macon Telegraph, Macon, Georgia
  5. 1 2 Pluta, John (April 25, 2013). "Macon Georgia Terminal Station". Railroadstrains blog.
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