Rockville Railroad Station

Rockville Railroad Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Baltimore & Ohio railroad station in Rockville, Maryland, January 2006
Location	98 Church St., Rockville, Maryland
Coordinates	39°4′58″N 77°8′42″W / 39.08278°N 77.14500°WCoordinates: 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 #	74000961[1]
Added to NRHP	July 18, 1974

The Rockville Railroad 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. It 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.^[2] The station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974,^[1] although it continued to serve as an Amtrak station until 1981, when the 400-ton station was moved about 50 meters to the south to make way for the Rockville Metro station.^[3]

Gallery

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  Rockville station and freight house along tracks in 1978, before relocation

References

1. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. 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
3. Eileen McGuckian (May 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Rockville Railroad Station" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.

External links

• Rockville Railroad Station, Montgomery County, Inventory No.: M: 26-12-1, including photo in 2003, at Maryland Historical Trust website