Chattanooga Car Barns

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Chattanooga Car Barns
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Location301 Market St., Chattanooga, Tennessee
Coordinates 35°03′12″N85°18′37″W / 35.05333°N 85.31028°W / 35.05333; -85.31028 (Chattanooga Car Barns)
Area2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Built1887
Architect R.H. Hunt
NRHP reference No. 79002436 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 9, 1979

The Chattanooga Car Barns was a three-building complex located at 301 Market St. in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was built in 1887 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1]

The three buildings included "offices facing Third Street, a fifteen-track car barn, and a bus fueling and storage facility. The offices and car barn were designed by R.H. Hunt, Architects." [2] The building was demolished in 2025 to make way for a hotel. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: City Street Railway Company, Street Car Barns Complex / Chattanooga Car Barns Complex". National Park Service . Retrieved August 2, 2018. With accompanying eight photos from 1978
  3. https://newschannel9.com/newsletter-daily/chattanooga-community-divided-over-historic-car-barn-being-demolished-replaced-by-hotel