Following the Civil War, the Western & Atlantic used a temporary depot in Atlanta, but quickly outgrew the facility.
Belgian-American architect Max Corput, a partner in the Corput and Bass firm, designed the city’s new Union Station, which opened in 1871 and served Atlanta until 1930. At that time, it was razed and replaced by a new station.
Union Station, located on the site of the antebellum car shed, was one of more than 400 buildings erected in Atlanta in 1871. While much of the South remained devastated in the wake of the Civil War, the building boom symbolized Atlanta’s progress.
