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The Pratt-Pullman Yard was purchased in 1904 by the Pratt Engineering Company. [1] It is located in the e Kirkwood neighborhood of Atlanta. The site was placed on the Atlanta Preservation Center’s endangered places list in 2001 although it has been contested that they have the authority to do so, in addition it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places along with the surrounding Kirkwood neighborhood .[2]
History
Before they purchased it the property was used as farmland. The Pratt Engineering Company original use was a sugar and fertilizer processing plant.[1] In 1926 the Pullman company purchased the property to repair their railroad sleeper cars. They spent 1 million dollars US$1,000,000 (equivalent to about $22,223,300 in 2023) on renovations.[3]
WW1
In WW1 the land was used for munitions manufacturing . [1]
Landmark Status
In 2017 the Atlanta Urban Design Commission nominated the historic site as a landmark site. [4]
Films
List of films that used the Pratt-Pullman Yard:
- Hunger Games
- Divergent
References
- ^ a b c "Sale of Pullman Yard closes". Decaturish - Locally sourced news. 2017-06-15. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ "From the Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2017-02-25: Historic Pullman Yard deserves protection". Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ "Pullman Yard officially nominated as a landmark district - Atlanta INtown Paper". Atlanta INtown Paper. 2017-07-28. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ^ "Pratt-Pullman Yard nominated as a landmark site". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
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