Mount Royal Station | |
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![]() Mount Royal Station in 2009 | |
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Alternative names | Mount Royal Station and Trainshed |
General information | |
Architectural style | Renaissance |
Address | 1400 Cathedral Street |
Town or city | Baltimore, Maryland |
Coordinates | 39°18′20″N 76°37′14″W / 39.30556°N 76.62056°W |
Completed | 1896 |
Management | Maryland Institute College of Art |
Grounds | 6 acres (2.4 ha) |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Ephraim Francis Baldwin, Josias Pennington |
Other information | |
Public transit access | Mt. Royal/MICA station |
Mount Royal Station | |
NRHP reference No. | 73002191 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 18, 1973[1] |
Designated NHL | December 8, 1976[2] |
Designated BCL | 1982 |
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Line(s) | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad | |||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||
Opened | September 1, 1896 | |||||||||||
Closed | June 30, 1959 | |||||||||||
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The Mount Royal Station is a historic building in Baltimore, Maryland, which was the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's third train station in Baltimore, Maryland, and is now part of the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) campus. The station was at the north end of the Baltimore Belt Line's Howard Street tunnel in the Bolton Hill neighborhood. It was the first railroad station in the world to have electrified passenger trains when it opened on September 1, 1896, serving the B&O's famed Royal Blue line.[3] Following its closure as a railroad station in 1961, it became part of the Maryland Institute College of Art, where it now houses the Middendorf Gallery, as well as studio and classroom space for the university's sculpture and fiber departments.[4]