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Pullman Yard or Pullman Yards is a former industrial complex in the Kirkwood neighborhood of Atlanta, comprising a plot of 27 acres used by the Pratt Engineering Company from 1904[1] and the Pullman Company from 1926 to 1955. Southern Iron and Equipment Company purchased the yard in 1955 for train manufacture and repair. The site was placed on the Atlanta Preservation Center's endangered places list in 2001. As Pratt-Pullman Yard, it is a contributing site to the 2009 designation of the Kirkwood Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.[2][3]
Pratt-Pullman Yard | |
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| Location | Atlanta, Georgia, United States |
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| Part of | Kirkwood Historic District (ID09000749) |
| Added to NRHP | September 24, 2009 |
History
editBefore Pratt Engineering Company purchased the land, the property was used as farmland.[who?] 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 $1,000,000 (equivalent to about $22,223,300 in 2023) on renovations.[4]
World War I
editIn World War I the land was used for munitions manufacturing.[1]
Landmark status
editIn 2017 the Atlanta Urban Design Commission nominated the historic site as a landmark site.[5]
Filming location
editPullman Yards has been the filming location of many movies and television series. List of projects that used the Pratt-Pullman Yard:
- Brooklyn (HBO)
- Amazing Stories
- American Soul
- Baby Driver
- Bad Boys for Life
- Black Lightning
- Boss Level
- Divergent
- Doom Patrol
- Good Girls
- Instant Family
- Kevin (Probably) Saves the World
- MacGyver
- Revolution of One
- So You Think You Can Dance (season 18)
- Step Up (Season 2)
- The Hunger Games
- The Originals
- The Outsider
- The Resident
- Valor
- Ford Motor Company commercial
- Georgia Power commercial
- Janelle Monáe Bustle event
- Lil Yachty for Monday Night Football
- Fast and Furious 5
References
edit- ^ a b c "Sale of Pullman Yard closes". Decaturish - Locally sourced news. June 15, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ "From the Atlanta Journal Constitution, 2017-02-25: Historic Pullman Yard deserves protection". Retrieved August 26, 2017.
- ^ Luce, W. Ray (2009). "Kirkwood Historic District National Register of Historic Places Registration Form" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
- ^ "Pullman Yard officially nominated as a landmark district - Atlanta INtown Paper". Atlanta INtown Paper. July 28, 2017. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
- ^ "Pratt-Pullman Yard nominated as a landmark site". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved August 26, 2017.