Ashby Street Car Barn | |
Location | 981 Ashby Street Northwest, Atlanta, Georgia |
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Coordinates | 33°46′53″N 84°25′01″W / 33.7815°N 84.4169°W |
Built | 1927 |
Built by | Atlanta Northern Railway Company |
NRHP reference No. | 98000972 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 6, 1998 |
Ashby Street Car Barn, locally known as the Ashby Street Trolley Barn, is a historic interurban carhouse in Atlanta, Georgia. It was constructed by the Atlanta Northern Railway Company in 1927, replacing a previous structure built in 1904. [2] The carhouse was the major maintenance facility for the Atlanta/Marietta interurban, which ran until January 31, 1947. [2] It had six parallel tracks inside. [3]
The carhouse was renovated in 1998 and 1999 for use as lofts and a brewery, as part of the King Plow Arts Center project. [4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 6, 1998.