Atlanta Union Station of 1853 Atlanta's first union station, constructed in 1853, stood in the block now bounded by Central Avenue, Wall Street, Pryor Street, and Alabama Street (next to today's Underground Atlanta). Designed by civil engineer E. A. Vincent, it was initially known as the "passenger depot" but came to be better known as the "car shed." This building served the Western & Atlantic, the Georgia Railroad, the Macon & Western, and the Atlanta & West Point. It was the center of the antebellum southern rail system that extended from Atlanta to Memphis, Mobile, Charleston, Savannah, Richmond, Alexandria, and Louisville. The car shed was destroyed by Sherman's troops in 1864. Six years later a new station was built on the same site. (This 1853 station was the model for the main depot of the Scenic Railroad at Stone Mountain Park.)   RailGa.com. Georgia's Railroad History & Heritage. © Steve Storey Railroad History | The Depot List | Locomotives On Display | Odds & Ends | Sources & References | Home