The stone Baltimore and Ohio (B&O) station (
WS8.1; 1892; 273 S. Main Street) is one of five Richardsonian Romanesque railroad stations designed by Ephraim Francis Baldwin (1837–1916) and Josias Pennington (1854–1929), who produced more than one hundred railroad buildings during a twenty-year stint with the B&O. The slate hipped roof forms porches over the platforms on all sides and is pierced by a variety of shingled dormers, including hipped, gabled, and faceted. The brick Waynesburg and Washington station (
WS8.2; 1905–1906; 404 S. Main Street), designed by William L. Price (1861–1916) and M. Hawley
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Washington Train Stations
1892–1906. S. Main St.
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