Ashby Street Car Barn

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]

Ashby Street Car Barn
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	981 Ashby Street Northwest, Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinates	33.7815°N 84.4169°W / 33.7815; -84.4169
Built	1927
Built by	Atlanta Northern Railway Company
NRHP reference No.	98000972[1]
Added to NRHP	August 6, 1998

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.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Fulton County, Georgia

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Ashby St. Trolley Car Barn". Marietta Street ARTery Association. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
3. Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers (1927). "View into the Ashby Street Car Barn, Atlanta, Georgia, 1927". Georgia State University. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
4. "Ashby Street Trolley Barn". Smith Dalia Architects. Archived from the original on 29 December 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2014.