Central of Georgia Railway Company Shop Property, Railway heritage site in Savannah, United States.
The Central of Georgia Railway Company Shop Property is a railway industrial complex in Savannah with multiple buildings including a freight house, cotton storage area, and a brick viaduct spanning railroad tracks. The structures originally functioned as repair workshops and served as the company's main operating center.
The property began as repair workshops for the Central of Georgia Railway and served as the company's operational hub until merging with Southern Railway in 1963. This merger marked the end of independent operations at this location.
The administration building is now Clark Hall, part of the Savannah College of Art and Design's School of Building Arts. The 1856 Greek Revival Gray Building, later called the Red Building, served as the college's original museum and was named Kiah Hall in 1993.
The complex sits near Louisville Road west of Boundary Street, beside the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal, where a brick viaduct once carried tracks to the junction. Clark Hall, the former administration building, now houses the Savannah College of Art and Design School of Building Arts. The cotton yard and its brick gates are shared with the Central of Georgia Depot and Trainshed next door.
The Gray Building, a Greek Revival structure from 1856, became the railway's headquarters and was renamed the Red Building. It later served as the original museum, named Kiah Hall in 1993. The site also has a brick viaduct running to a junction near Louisville Road and the Savannah and Ogeechee Canal.
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