Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, President Street Station, President & Fleet Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD
Summary
Significance: As of 1974, the President St. Station was one of the oldest large city railroad terminals still standing in the United States. The station quite possibly contains one of the earliest uses of the Howe truss for an arched roof in the United States.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-24
Survey number: HAER MD-8
Building/structure dates: 1849-1850 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Baltimore & Port Deposit
Wilmington &Susquehanna
Philadelphia & Delaware County Railroad
Clement, Dan
Boucher, Jack
Location
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 39.95258, -75.16522
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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