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MOUNT ROYAL B&O STATION

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1894–1896, Baldwin and Pennington; mid-1960s renovated, Cochran, Stephenson and Donkervoet. 1400 Cathedral St.
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Sited below the surrounding grade at the Howard Street tunnel cut opening, the B&O’s third passenger station in Baltimore brought enhanced service to the Bolton Hill neighborhood. Its Romanesque Revival exterior of rusticated Maryland granite with Indiana limestone trim features a 150-foot-tall clock tower at the center. The unusual surviving original iron train shed directly behind the station is also impressive in scale. After rail service was discontinued in 1961, the Maryland Institute College of Art acquired and renovated the station, retaining much of the original interior, including marble columns, mosaic tile floors, and wood wainscoting. The successful adaptive use has been heralded as an early example of this preservation approach in a period when many U.S. architectural landmarks were being demolished.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie
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Timeline

  • 1894

    Built

  • 1961

    Adaptive use

What's Nearby

JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
MAIN BUILDING, MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART (MICA)
UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE, JOHN AND FRANCES ANGELOS LAW CENTER
BOLTON SQUARE COMMONS
PENNSYLVANIA STATION

Citation

Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie, "MOUNT ROYAL B&O STATION", [Baltimore, Maryland], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MD-01-BC95.

Print Source

Buildings of Maryland, Lisa Pfueller Davidson and Catherine C. Lavoie. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2022, 209-209.

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