Rockville station (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
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Location | 98 Church St., Rockville, Maryland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 39°4′58″N 77°8′42″W / 39.08278°N 77.14500°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Built | 1873 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | E. Francis Baldwin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architectural style | Queen Anne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
NRHP reference No. | 74000961[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Added to NRHP | July 18, 1974 |
Rockville station is a historic building located at Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland. It is a brick Victorian picturesque structure with some Eastlake detailing, particularly in the roofline and gable decoration.[2]
History
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The station was built in 1873, and is one of the few survivors of the many picturesque county stations built along the Metropolitan Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and other 19th-century American railroads. The architect was E. Francis Baldwin, who also designed the adjoining freight house, built in 1887.[3] The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 as the Rockville Railroad Station.[1] It continued to serve as an Amtrak and commuter station until 1981, when the 400-ton station was moved about 50 meters to the south to make way for the Rockville Metro station which replaced it.[4]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Eileen McGuckian (May 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Rockville Railroad Station" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.
- ^ Soderberg, Susan C. (1998), The Met: A History of the Metropolitan Branch of the B&O Railroad, Its Stations and Towns, Germantown, MD: Germantown Historical Society, p. 38
- ^ "Rockville Railroad Station (supplement to NRHP submission)" (PDF). November 1986.
External links
- Rockville Railroad Station, Montgomery County, Inventory No.: M: 26-12-1, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website
- Railway stations opened in 1873
- Former Baltimore and Ohio Railroad stations
- Former Amtrak stations in Maryland
- Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Maryland
- Buildings and structures in Rockville, Maryland
- National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Maryland
- Railway stations in Montgomery County, Maryland
- Washington metropolitan area, Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs
- Montgomery County, Maryland geography stubs
- Maryland railway station stubs