Atlanta started as a railroad town, and Brookwood Station is the last remaining passenger train station in the city.

Officially named Peachtree Station by the Southern Railway, it opened at 12:01 a.m. on March 17, 1918. Just forty minutes later, Train No. 36, the United States Fast Mail, arrived and began a century-long connection between Atlanta and the rail lines that built it. Designed in the Italian Renaissance style, the station served growing neighborhoods like Ansley Park and Brookwood Hills with a convenient stop outside the downtown terminals. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, Brookwood proves that functional architecture can still be timeless. Over 100 years later, it continues to connect Atlanta to cities across the Southeast and Northeast through Amtrak’s Crescent Line. #PreserveATL #BrookwoodStation #AtlantaHistory #HistoricPreservation #architecturematters