Mount Royal Train Station

 

     photography: Rachel H. Sangree

 

 Structural Form:

Passenger train station & train shed; granite load bearing walls (station), steel trusses (shed), adaptive reuse
Engineer / Architect: Baldwin and Pennington
Year Built: 1896
Location:

Mount Royal Ave. and Cathedral Street

Baltimore, MD  [map]
Historical Details:

Mount Royal Station was originally built to accomodate the northward expansion of Baltimore. [more]
Technical Details: N/A
References: J. Dorsey and J.D. Dilts, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture (Third Edition), Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD (1997), p. 281.  [more]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Historical Details: Mount Royal Station was originally built to accomodate the northward expansion of Baltimore.  In 1964 it became a good example of adaptive reuse when it was purchased by MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) and converted into studios, an auditorium, library and offices.

 
References: J. Dorsey and J.D. Dilts, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture (Third Edition), Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD (1997), p. 281.

M.E Hayward and F.R. Shivers, Jr., the Architecture of Baltimore: An Illustrated History, The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore (2004), p. 166.

Historic American Engineering Record, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: Mount Royal Station.  HABS No. MD-193. Retrieved May 2, 2005 from:

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@FIELD(DOCID+@BAND(@lit(MD1485)))

 

Historic American Engineering Record, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: Mount Royal Trainshed.  HAER No. MD-29. Retrieved May 2, 2005 from:

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@FIELD(DOCID+@BAND(@lit(MD0911)))