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Thronateeska Heritage CenterPreserving Albany’s Railroad Depot Historic District |
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ocated in Albany, Georgia, the Thronateeska Heritage Center is a non-profit organization incorporated in 1974 for the purpose of historic preservation and science education in Albany and greater southwest Georgia. Thronateeska is located at Heritage Plaza in the downtown of Albany, in the 100 block of West Roosevelt Avenue, on the only remaining brick street in the city. Thronateeska's campus includes a history museum, science museum, rail car display, a full dome planetarium, the Georgia Museum of Surveying & Mapping, and the South Georgia Archives. The museum facilities are housed in the historic Union Station and new construction designed to reflect the railroad heritage of the area. Union Station was served by the Atlantic Coast Line and the Central of Georgia, and once hosted numerous through passenger trains between the midwest and the Florida markets.
hrough Thronateeska’s efforts, the 1913 Union Station depot, located in what is now known as Heritage Plaza, was preserved as a legendary landmark, converted into a museum, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The Wetherbee Planetarium was originally opened in the old Railway Express Agency (REA) building in 1980.
In 1982, the Tift Warehouse, constructed in 1857 as the original passenger and freight depot, the REA building, and Albany’s last remaining brick street were added to the National Register and listed as Albany’s Railroad Depot Historic District.
A new Wetherbee Planetarium and Science Museum were constructed between the REA and the Fryer-Merritt House in 2008. The new building incorporated architectural features of the original 1926 Central of Georgia roundhouse on the façade of the building.
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Museum
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Display
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on display at Albany, Georgia
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See also our complete Georgia Northern Railroad scrapbook in Shortlines
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Atlantic Coast Line #21271
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General American Tank #69995
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See also our complete Southern Railway Bay Window scrapbook in Mainlines
Links / Sources
- Thronateeska Heritage Center
- Albany Convention & Visitors Bureau
- Wikipedia article for Thronateeska Heritage Center
