Re: (rshsdepot) Augusta, GA

[brwagenblast_@_comcast.net (Bernie Wagenblast)]

Based on the information included on the Historic Augusta Web site, it appears to be the freight station.

http://mywebpages.comcast.net/fahinton/hai/districts.htm

Bernie Wagenblast

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From: "James Kelling" <james.kelling_@_nara.gov> 

> Not sure if this refers to a freight station, anyone know? This line later 
> became part of the Charleston & Western Carolina Railway. Union Station was 
> several blocks away on Walker St. 
> 
> 
> 
> >>> I95BERNIEW_@_aol.com 02/09/06 05:38AM >>> 
> From yesterday's Augusta Chronicle. 
> 
> Bernie Wagenblast 
> 
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 
> 
> Augusta Train Depot Gets $450,000 in State Transportation Grant Money 
> 
> By Tony Lombardo, The Augusta Chronicle, Ga. 
> Feb. 8--The Reynolds Street train depot is getting a special arrival. 
> Toot, toot! 
> The dilapidated depot has been awarded $450,000 in state transportation grant 
> money for renovations, the Downtown Development Authority/Main Street 
> Augusta announced Tuesday. 
> Though it's not the $1 million that project backers asked for, the grant at 
> least keeps the project from languishing, Main Street Chairman Hal Hood said. 
> Officials must now determine whether to keep seeking alternate funds or pull 
> off a renovation with the awarded funds, Authority Executive Director 
> Margaret Woodard said. 
> Community members with a "vested interest" will add to discussions, including 
> Augusta Tomorrow, she said. 
> The depot, which sits on a 6.3-acre city-owned parcel, was built in the 1850s 
> by South Carolina Railroad, along with the railroad bridge crossing the 
> Savannah River. 
> Augusta Tomorrow member Monty Osteen last month informed the authority that 
> developers were interested in renovating the depot tract into a mixed-use 
> project with retail and residential space. However, that is contingent upon 
> demolishing a section of the train depot to build a new entrance to the 
> property. 
> 
> Historic Augusta Executive Director Erick Montgomery said he hoped to avoid 
> demolishing part of the station. 
> "I would think that something could be designed that would compliment both 
> developments without compromising either one," he said. 
> Possible uses mentioned for the depot include office and meeting spaces and a 
> railroad museum. 
> Ms. Woodard said she did not yet know when the building's rehabilitation 
> could begin, or when the funds would be in local hands. 
> Renovating the depot is a necessary move, Mr. Hood said. 
> "It brings an important part of our city's history back in to play an 
> economic role in our downtown community," he said. 
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> The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing 
> railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org 
> 
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> The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing 
> railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org 
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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org

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End of RSHSDepot Digest V1 #1301
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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org