B-26 Mount Royal Station, (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Mount Royal Station and Trainshed)
Architectural Survey File
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HISTOHIC Baltimore and Ohio Rai lroad: Mount Royal Station and Trainshed
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STRH r & NUMBfR 1400 Cathedral Street _ NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITI'. TOWN C0NGR ESS10 NA~ L D------ISTRICT -- Baltimore - VICINITY OF STA IE CODE COUNTY CODE Maryland 24 Baltimore City 510 CLASSIFICATION
CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS PRESENT USE _ DISTRICT _ PUBLIC JLocCUPIED _AGRICULTURE :lLMUSEUM _ BUILOI NG(St ~PRIVATE - UNOCCUPIED _ COMMERCIAL _ PARK aSTRUCTURE _ BOTH _ WORK IN PROGRES I> A EDUCATIO NAL _PRIVA'rE RE S•JENCE _ SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE X ENTERTAINMENT _ RELIGIOUS _OBJECT _ IN PROCESS LYES RESTRICTED _ GOVERNMENT - SCIENTIFIC
_ BEING CON SIDERED _ YES UNRESTRICTED _ INDUSTRl ~l L TRANSPORTATION _ NO _ MILITARY _ OTHER -.. - llJOWNER OF PROPERTY I 1 •.J •• I i .. ;. j .... . ' ·- , .. ; ·.1 f ... 1. · , . · NAM E ______The M~ry~nA Ins ti tu_t _e ______, -rr.-:~---1--- COURTHOUSE REGISTRY Of DEE DS.UC. Land Record Office of Baltimore City STREET & NU MBER Room 610, Baltimore City Courthouse CITY TOWN STATE Baltimore Maryland , REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS \ \ TITLE Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record DAlE --~------· - - ~-~~-~------~- 1958; 1970 X..FEDERAL _ STATE _ COUNTY _ LOCAL DEPOSITORY FOH SURVEY REi.ORDS Library of Congress CITY rowN STATE ( '- Washington D. C. [ , DESCRI PTION CON DITION CHECK ONE CHECK ONE JJ:XCELLENT _DETERIORATED :lLUNALTERED :lL.ORIGINAL SITE _ GOOD _ RUINS -ALTERED _ MOVE D DATE _ _ _ _FAIR _UNEXPOSED DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEA RANCE The station building consists of a central block seven bays wide and two and a hal f stories high, flanked on either side by 11 three-bay wing of three stories. It is of Ital ian Renaissance design, constructed of granite, trimmed in l imestone, and reminiscent of the facade of the Vendrami.ni Palace in Venice . A clock tower , 143 feet high, p;:-ojects from the center bay and is fronted by a small porte-cochere marking the main entrar.ce. Th e site is· tmusual in its locati on in a depression between two tunnels , yet does not appear sunken or insignificant because the dominant clock tower. The clock ' s illuminated faces house a 8-day pendul um clock manufactured by E. Howard of Boston. The main architectural feature in the interior of the building is a two-story waiting room }'t' h~~l} occupi;eQ. t}:i~ t?nti~~- front. of.. th.e .. .cen.t.ral .. block. •. : Upp.er. fls:>.ors c9ntained the rail_:i:oap ' ~ off~C~-?r ·. .... r 11;· : ... · ~ ;, , . .... ! : .. ~. ~ •• ~ ...... : . . ... " <...... ; • • • ·.' • ,,a f • I •• ~ I • ( : ; • :·. t ,, f •• ; · : • • ~ I "" •• : . • :· • : • I . :; • • ...1 • • • •. • • • ' \. • • - ~~ 1966 , when the structure was remodelled as an art school, the interior floor space was increased by constructing a second floor in the vaul ted waiting room, l eaving the center as a lobby and preserving the massive columns, stamped metal ceilings, mosaic marble floors and most of the decorative ironwor k . The character of the exterior r emains virtually unchanged, although the r ear waiting platform and the baggage r oom have been enclosed to make space for a sculpture studio containing a folmdry for cas ting bronze and a kiln. The trainshed at the rear of the station virtually fills the area between t he two tunnels and provided a shel tered access to the trains . I t is a steel f rame, gable roof structure that originally covered an area of 71 x 420 feet . The shed has been some~hat shortened at the southern end by the removal of several bays. The r oof is supported on a series of trusses with arched lower chords connected longitudinal ly by I -beams . A central monitor supported by smal l er, simi lar t russes runs t he l ength of the ridge. Al l connect ions are of t he modern riveted type. The wooden sheathing on timber purlins is covered with asphal t roll roofing. An elaborate wrought iron screen fronts the trainshed on the nor t h si de. fl;~ . SIGNIFICANCE PE RIOD AR EAS OF SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTI FY BELOW _ PREHISTORIC _ ARCHEULUuY· PRE HISTORIC _ _COMMUNI TY PLANNING .X.LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE _ RELI GION - 1400- 1499 _ ARCHEOLDGY ·HISTORIC CONSERVATION _ LAW _ SCIENCE _ 1500-1599 AGRICULTURE _ ECONOMICS _ LI TERATURE 2LSCULPTURE - 1600 · , 699 JV.RCHIT ECTURE ltEOU CATION _MILITARY _ SOCIAUHUM ANI TARIA N __ 1 700-1799 _X...RT ](ENGINEERING _ M USIC _THEATE R _J( I S0 0· 1899 _ COMMERCE _ EXPLORATION/ SETTLEMENT _ PHILOSOPHY X-_ TRANSPORTATION - 1900 _ COMMUNICATIONS _ IN OUST RY _ POLITI CS/ GOVERNMENT _ OTHER !SPECIFY! _ INVENTION BUILDER/ARCHITECT remode ~ led 1965. ~aldwin & SPECIFIC DATES 1894-96 Pennington, architects STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE .. . wpen . it ~~ened _in .~ ~.96, the ~-un~ ~?Y~~ ?.t~ti~n -~~d T~ain:hed_.was o~.e _of the best examp les of the harmon1ous · ~lendihg 1 or · eng1ne erink and· aesthetic val uesrin· arl Utb an environment. Sited at the north end of the Howard Street Tunnel, entirely' withih··the.. open cut between it and the Motmt Royal Tunnel, it was both unobtrusive and convenient . 111e shelt er provided by this below-grade site, combined with the trainshed, made the Mount Royal Depot a hospitable embarkation point in foul weather. The city of Bal timore used the depot as its official wel coming point to greet distinguished visitors, including several Presidents, British Prime Minister Ram.say MacDonald, Cardinal Gibbons, and Queen Marie of Romania . 111e trainshed which was partly responsible for the generally commodious environment was one of the last gable roof trainsheds built in America. Like the station, it was of a smaller less monumental scale than the l arge balloon sheds which were becoming fashionabl e at the time. It was a monwnent, however, in providing a sense of intimacy in an otherwise overwhelming urban environment. l fc.•m No 10-JOOa p _. 10 741 l'1'1 nos I .\ I l ·S DLP .. \K I \II:\ I ()I I Ill ~ l f\i ll:KIOR FOR NPS USE ONLY NA flONA L PARK SERVI CE RECEIVED NATIONAL REGISTER OF HI STORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTER ED CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBER 6 PAGE 2 Maryland Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks 1970 State X Maryland Historical Trust 2525 Riva Road Annapolis, Maryland 21401 code 24 Form ll;o 10 ·30 0a ,Re• 10 7 d) L:\ 111·0 STXI LS Oll'.-\R I ~II:"\ I 0 1 1111: IN I l:HIUK FOR NPS USE ONLY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECEIVED NATIONAL REGISTER OF lilSTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM DATE ENTERED CONTINUATION SHEET ITEM NUMBE R 9 PAGE 2 Howland, Richard H. and Spencer, Eleanor P. The Architecture of Baltimore. Baltimore: The_Johns Hopkins Press, 1953. Hungerford, Edward . The Story of the Bal timore and Ohio Rail road, 1827-1927 . New York: G. P. Putnam, 1928. Meeks, Carroll L. V. The Railroad Station - An Architectural History. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press, 1956. Noland, Cornelia. 11 From Tracks to Torsos . " The Washingtonian. October, 1966. "Station Saved For Art ' s Sake. 11 The Architectural Forum, September, 1966. Condit, Carl. American Building Art : 19th Century. New York: Oxford Univ . Press , 1960 • Mount Royal Station, Baltimore, 1400 Cathedral Street - Mount Royal Stat. 1400 Cathedral1~~~e!:ltimore , Maryl and Mount Royal Station, Baltimore, Photo: Barrett 1400 Cathedral Street IJMAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES "Art Moves Into An Old Railroad Station." Fort\D\e. May, 1966. Beirne , Frances F. The Amiable Baltimoreans. E. P. Dutton and Co., New York, 1951. Cochran, Alexander S. "From Railroad Station to Art School." Historic Preservation. Vol. 18, No. 3, May-June, 1966. ll!JGEOGRAPHICAL DATA ACRE~~ ~ OF ~ '?~JN ~ TE Al..LJj 131610! 21 81 d l413l Srl} J 4t d a~ I 1· ·1• 1 ,. ,·'! Ld__J_! ZONE EASTING NORTHING ZONE EASTING NORTHING=--- cLi.J I I , I 1 , I I , I , I , , I DlL_J I I I · 1 I I ·I I I I I J VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION I ~ ·: ·. .. . _, J 1.1 : 11 : · ,. . • I• I A tract of land in the city of Baltimore, county of Baltimore, and State of Maryland, botmded on the northeast by Mount Royal Avenue, on the east.by .. ~athedral Street, on the south by Preston Street, on the southwest by Park Avenue, and on the west by Howard Street. : . ,. L- ·:t:iJ: •.1 1!•: uc..: , .11:1·' LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES .. STATE C0Df COl'JNTV CODE STATE CODE COUNTY COOE mFORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE Dennis M. Zed>ala, HistoTian ORGANIZA TJON DATE Historic American Engineering Record STREfT & NUMBER TELEPHPJllE National Park Service 523-5460 CITY OR TOWN STATE Washington D. C. lfJSTA TE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL__!. STATE __ LOCAL __ As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-6651. I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluat.ed according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. FEOERAl REP RESENTATIVE SIGNATURE TITLE DATE FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CE RTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUD.ED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER DATE DIRECTOR. OFFICE OF ARCHEOLOGY AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION ATTEST: DATE KEEPER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER .. • .. ... _...... ___ ... _...... _. .. ·~··, ( -.,. • ti " .._ ... . "'<;( • ,..::.- \l.. •( ~ ., \ ~ .:... .. :~ 1- . r·I ,1· ...... 1 - ••• ..'• .~ ,. ,,"" 1.-.· . :;.: -. ·I 1.. i: . • \ ...... ·•. . .,,,,,. : ...... r - -·- ·~,,..__ - -,::-::.-~--- . I-.:;r.- Baltilllore &Ohio RR: Mt. Royal Station .... &Trainshed 1400 Cathedral Street Baltimore, MD USG.S 7.5' ~alti110re East Quad UTM:18. 360280.435174Q B-26 Form 10-300 UNITED Sl ATES DEPARTMENT OF T HE INTERIOR ;/T A Tf. • !July 1969) NATI ONAL PARK SERVICE 1'Jfaryland COUNTY• NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Baitimore City IN V ENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER r> A Tl': (Typi.; all e ntries - complete applicable sections) -i IL NAME COMMON . - Mount Royal Station AN D ,. Ok HISTORIC : 8· ·cocATioN______ Is ~R;~ ·~ "~ca'.'~~~~al Street : 1TY Of\ TOWN: Baltimore -S l A ·1 t. I COl>t IC0Uf..11'"V · I C0 111 Maryland I 24 I Baltimore Citv r c;1n fi ·-CLASsl -Flcir10~.. _. - CATEGORY ACCESSIBL E OWNERSHIP STA T U~ (Cltcck Ont!) TO THE PUBLIC z 0 OisHict [5:d Bui I ding 0 Publ i c: Public Acquisition: (X Occ:vp!ed Yes: 0 In Process L:X R estricted 0 Si te 0 Structur~ fXl Privote D 0 Unoccupied [] Unre stricted [.! Object 0 Both 0 Being Considered 0 Pre$ervo11on work 1- in progress 0 No u PRESENT US E (Chrrk 011 .. or A/Or(' (I S Approprillta) :::::> 0 Agr icvltural Cl Government Cl Pork !Kl Tronsportotion 0 Comme nh ~ CJ Commercial u Industr ial rJ Private Residence- 0 Other (Spuc/ ty) ------Educ:otiono I LI Military Re ligious I- ra LI ------ra Entertoinmer'lt [X Museum Cl Scientific: -- z I. 4 . .OWNER OF p ROPERTY OWNER'S NAME: ·-· The Maryland Institute w STREET AN D NUMBER: ------w 1300 Mount Royal Avenue - -~· ---- ·---- - ·-- - (C~ ,;.-- C I T Y OR TOWN : [ S1 A Tl • Baltimore : I 24 ·-····-- -- Ma~land rs.-cocA"T10N"oF LEGAL. 0EscR1P110N ------· COUR. TH~ RC G ISTRV OF DEE OS E TC ! Land RE cord Office of Baltimore City_ I STR E ET AN O NUMBER: ' Room 610 I Baltimore City Courthouse CITY OR T O WN: I51 A TE. ..:: Qt.)[ I Baltimore j Maryland 24 I ---1 ~RePREsENT-ATI ON _!.!:l . EXISTING SURVEYS I --1 TITl.E OF SURVEY: -- ,. Historic American I .. Buildings Su~:'~Y__ ~ Tl .( 0 DATE O F SUR V EY : fX Federal 1·1 Slate I County r-1 Loral 1958 --·-1f '/ ~ OE.POSITORY FOR SURVEY Rt.CORDS: ' c z "ti 1n ..,. Library of Congress ..• ,. c J II STREET .A.NO NUMBER: I "'m I C ITY OR TOWN : !STA TC ~ ' " I -- I I Washington :District of Col l _ , ~.. ~ [see continuation sheet) 'L_ "' ------...... ,______B-26____ _ --- ··------··· ---·~ t 7. DESCRIPTION ( t:li,·«k Ur11_-) ~ {X1 Excellent U Good I I F o i r j I Deteriorated I I Ruins r .1 l/noxpa•.-d CO NDIT ION -----·- (C/1e;tOn c-) ___ --- - (Cltc·rk One) ra Altered 0 Unaltered n Mav"d ~ Origlnol Si te OESCRIBE TH E PRESENT A NO ORIGIN A L ( if known) PH YSICA L A PPEARANCE The Mount Royal Station property is bounded on the northeast by Mount Royal Avenue, on the east by Cathedral Street, on the south by Preston Street, on the southwest by Park Avenue , and on the west by Howard Street. The Baltimore and Ohio Mount Royal Station in Baltimore, Maryland, was once the showplace of the historic Railroad. It stood as a well-designed , functional structure , solving the probl em of a railroad station set in a residential area by providing a valuable artistic asset instead of a ·constant eyesore and nuisance . The structure occupies a depression facing Mount Royal Avenue , yet it does not appear sunken or insigni ficant because its 150-foot clock tower dominates the site. The building is unusual in its placement below street level between two tun m nels which carried the train traf f ice through the station in m a covered shed, screened from view by an ornamental iron fence and tasteful landscaping. z Constructed of granite trimmed in limestone, the station is of Italian Renaissance design, r e miniscent of the facade of -; the Vendramini Palace in Venice. It is three stories high ;u with the tower rising in the center. A pendulum eight-day clock , manufactured by E. Howard of Boston , is located at the c top of the tower , and there is a one-stor y porte-cochere at n its base . -; In 1966 , when the structure was remodelled as an art school, 0 the interior floor space was increased by constructing a z second floor above the vaulted waiting room , leaving the center as a lobby and preserving the massive columns, stamped metal ceilings , mosaic marble floors and most of the decora tive ironwork. Extensive use of glass partitions maintains the feeling of space. The character of the exterior remains virtually unchanged although the rear waiting platform and the baggage room have been enclosed to make space for a sculpture studio containing·a foundry for casting bronze and a kiln. In spite of these alterations , the-buil ding remains an excel lent example of the rehabilitaion of older structures for modern use. - - --- ... ______. lo B-26 i=' fd O O (Check O n e- o r !tfu rc n ~ A1Jpt<1flflntr) ,. 0 Pre-Columbia n LJ 16th Century [1 18t h Century 20th Centur y ; fl 0 15th Century 0 17th Cent u ry Kl 19th Century $PECt Fl c O AT EISJ ( If Applicobl e Bnd Known) A~EAS OF S IGNIFICANCE (Chuc k O ht"' or M o ret D t' Approprilll<') Aber iginol lli E ducoti on 1..J P o litical l"l Urban Planni ng 0 Pre h i storic . 0 Engineering 0 Relig ion/ Phi . 0 Other ( Spc:dl .-J 0 H i storic Q Industry losophy 0 Agriculture O Inve ntion 0 Scierice ~ Architecture {3t londscope l~ Sculpture [10 Art Archi tect ure 0 Socio I/ Human· O Commerce 0 literature i t orion 0 Communicoti ons n Mili ta ry ··1 Theater Conservatio n Cl r I Musi c T ronsporto t1 on 1------·---·------1 STAT l::M F.N T OF StGN IFI C AN C~ The Mount Royal Station of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, opened in 1 896 , was designed by the architects E . Francis : Vl Bal dwin and Josias Pennington . The railroad was the chief j z economic factor behind Baltimore's growth , linking the granaries of the Middle West to the eastern seaport shipping. 0 Thus, with the extension of the rail line to Philadel phia and New York , the desire came for this passenger depot which .... would serv e as the model of comfort, convenience, and im u pressiveness . The effect of warmth , hospitality , and gen :::> tility was created by huge functional firepl aces , rocking chairs , courteous employees , and broad, well-manicured lawns . ~ Celebrities , incl uding Woodrow Wilson, Cardinal Gibbons , .... British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonal d , Herbert Hoover, Vl Alfred E . Smith and Queen Marie of Roumania , received the z city ' s greeting here . Del egates to the 191 2 Democratic Convention, held in the Fifth Regiment Armory which adjoins, arrived and departed by way of the station. UJ ~ In 1961 , the railroad ceased passenger operations from this Vl terminal and it lay vacant for several years. In 1964 , it was purchased by the Maryland Institute , a college of art , and one of the most imaginative conversions of architectural history took place. The architectural firm of Cochran , Stephenson , and Donkervoet received the American I ns titute of Architects ' 1967 award f or its skill ful adaptation of the structure as an annex for the art school . L------ ------.------. - - - ,..,.;. B-26 j 9. MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES "Art Moves Into An Old Railroad Stati on ." Fortune .' · -q~ , May, 1966. I Be irne, Francis F . The Amiable Baltirno r e ans . E . P . Dutton j I and Co. I New York, 1951 . I Cochran , Alexander s . "From Railroad Station to Art Scho ol." Historic I Preservation. Vol . 18, No. 3 I May -June, 19 66 . Henry , Helen. "Old Mount Royal Station ' s New L:i,fe As An Art II School . Sunday Sun Magazine, March 20 , 1966. ______.J ' ..o .. - ...... _4· -·------._..... ____ L!E· Gt:-OGR APHICAL DATA - - [ see continuation sheet) n -·-·· l A f I rllOf AnrJ t . 0(4f., , I Utd 'V'1tct•fttAf l •, I I /1t I t I I II • I "'''', ,,,,,... , ,,,,,, Lt\t1 '4IHNli '' '1 0 ., , , 1 ,1 l >lr f..ININC A 1-i f. C.. I A NCL f L OL /\ I IN ~ I I It P u n 1• l t,iv 0 l >I ( lfHIH. f 11 1 , . (,_.I I H l•UHI I r11 /\ I ' It( If . ___>) I l .._f ~~ 111AfJ 11 · N ACll f !> ---·- ~ ------R -·· -- ---..------·--- -· conNCR_ ....__ I.. A TITUOE l..ONCl1UDL A1 11UDI l •)NC I TU - '- . Degrees Ml nulcs Seconds De gre e s Minu te s Soco nd ~ Dcgrecis M inutes Seconds Deg re es Min u te !. Sf" cnntl.., 0 NW ' . 0 ' .. I) . 0 NE 0 . " .. 39 18 19 76 37 SE 0 " 0 . ~ w 0 . . 0 . - 13 1 -----·------A PPROXI M .O.T E A C R E A GE OF' N O M I NATED PROPERTY : 6 acre? I ------·-· --·-~·------, .1..IST A l..I.. ST A TES " ND COUN T IES F' OR PROPERTIES OVERl.. ... PPING STATE: Of< COUNTY BOUND ... RI ES ------m ST A TE : cone COUNTY cor 1 l m ------Ii------< ST "TE : CODE COUNTY CC' t •r j ' STATE: coor ----COUNTY z. ~ ST A TE : COf1C: COUNT' · ·- --- ..... _. ·------·--- . ;o l 11. FORM PREPARED BY ·- ---·-----·· ... c N ... M C: AN O T ITl..E: Frank Shivers and Catharine F. Black n -·------··-·--- ORG A NIZA r10N l lJA TL - - ~ Maryland Historical Trust ··------. Aug ·.. ~ 14 1972 STREET A N O NUM BER: - ---·----- 0 2525 Riva Road ------.... --· z CITY OR TOWN: 51A1 ( -- COr>I ~ Annapolis Maryland 21401 24 ,_ ...... _. -- --··-- ·-· - --· t 12. ST ATE LI Al SON 0 FF ICE R CE R T_I F_I C_~_I _I O_N_ _ __-11- ---:....:N.:..l>..:.T..:.I 0:::..N:.:..:..:A::.L_;R..:.E:.G:::..:..:IS:..:T_:E:..:.R;_;_V::.E .;.;R...:.IF:..:. ;...;IC::..:.A.;..T;_;l~O.;,.N;.___--1 A s the d1t1d1!,nfitt>d St;1Jc L iaison ()ffin~ r for llw N.1 · I ht•r<.•hy 1·crt 1fy thut th1o< pr.,p<:rt y j,_ inc-ludc·d 111 th•· t 1on:>I H1s1onc Pu•scrv<1t 1on A<.·J of l'lt•f1 ( 1-'uhh<· l .11w Natt 10nu I H••1• 1 s t~·r . 89-f'>6~). I h e reby nom1na1c- tl11s propcrty for 1ndul-11on 1n the Na!ional R"i.•ste r and t·t·rt 1fy that 11 ha» hc-<·n evulua1<•d .Jc cord 1nA to ll1" cr11cri« And proccw rc·s set f orth b)• thT1 level of si"nif1cunce of t h i-; nom111>1 1& nn 1s: National ;z; State O L ocal [-j , / , fi111c Nome I ~ ~;:. • :l-· \.. '-Cf.· I._,/- ~ /t Orlando Ridout IV ) r-1 /\'l'Tl :ST : T 1t10.: Stat~ Liaison Officer for Maryland ------;<;:;.,.<,,of Tlt1• N 11 tiull11I R1 ·r.h.r, ., nnt•· Aug~~_!~ , 19._7_2______1111 1 ,. ------ GP 0 9 o I .O '- 7 ...., R-26 Form 10-3000 UNJI TA T ES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR r A TE {J uly 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Maryland NATIONAL REGI STER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY Ba). timore City INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER I D A TE (Con tinuation Sheet) l (N"'11bet • ti e ntrlee) Mount Royal Station 6 . LOCATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS , continued Maryland Register of Historic Sites and Landmarks 1970 state x Maryland Historical Trust 2525 Riva Road Annapolis , Maryland 21401 code 24 9 . BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES , continued Howland, Richard H. and Spencer , Eleanor P. The Architecture of Baltimore . Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins Press , 19 53 . Hungerford, Edward . The Story of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad , 1827-1927. New York: G. P . Putnam, 1928. Meeks , Carroll L. V. The Railroad Station - An Architectural History . New Haven , Conn. : Yale University Press , 1956. Noland , Cornel ia. "From Tracks To Torsos ." The Washington ian. October, 1966. "Station Saved For Art ' s Sake." The Architectural Forum. September, 1966. 17'30'' "'' f3-2(i ------Form 10-301 u. STATES DEPAR TME NT Of THE INTERIOR STATE (July 1969) NA T IONA L PARK SERVICE Mary land - NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES COUNTY .,. }3altimore City PROP ERJ Y MAP FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entrie:; - attach t o or enclose with map) I OATE I 'Z ll· NAME 0 COMMON: Mount Royal Station "NO/ OR H ISTORIC: : 12. LOC ATION STREET ANO NUMBER: ·- 1400 Cathedral Street CITY OR TOWN : Baltimore STATE: I CODE I COUNTY: I cooio Maryland I 2 4 I Baltimore City I 510 MAP REFERENCE I 'Z 13. SOURCE: USGS 7.5 minute map; Baltimore East Quadrangle UJ sC.t.LE: 1: 24 000 O ATE: UJ 1953 nhotorevised 1966 ,.. ... REQUIREMENTS V'l ' TO BE INCLUOEO ON ALL MAPS 1. Property broundories where required. 2. North arrow. 3. Latitude and longitude reference. , ., j " ·, . :• ... ,.. .-:. . UNIT ED STAT ES DEl-'ARTMLNT 01· nit IN I ERIOR "' NATIONAL PARK SER VICE Maryland tn I couN'TV- ··--- N ... NAT( .AL REGISTER OF HIST ORIC PLAC J Bal timore Ci ty ~ PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM V'\ {Type all entries - attach to or enclose with photograph} :z ;;:.: ::· ...... -..,....__~....----·----·....--~ -~- IL< l NAME. . , ' Mount Royal Station from the s outheast GPO 9? 1-737 ' Form 10-445 1. STATE Maryland HISTORIC AMERICAN BUILDINGS SURVEY ".../ 5162 < l couNTY Baltimore City INVENTORY B-~ TIO TOWN VICINITY · NAME s TREET No. Mt. Roya l Ave. & Cathedra Mt . Royal Sta tion Street DA TE OR PERIOD OR IGIN AL OWNER STYLE ORIGINAL USE ARCHITEC T PRESENT OWN ER Bl}ILDER PRESENT use WALL' CONSTRUCTION 3. FOR LIBRARY OF CONGRESS USE NO. OF STORIES 4. NOTAB LE FEATURES , HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND DESCRIP TION OPEN TO PUBLIC ll.J "'Vi UJ ~ <( <; ~ ·0- I 0.. .::iz ,'( z 0 I <( :;_ ..! 0 u.. :z ..J' <( 1- z w 5. PHYSICAL CONDITION OF oTRUCTURE E'ndongered Interior Ex te r ior ~ LI.I ..J 0.. Q. ::> VI ~ 6. LOCATION MAP (Pion Optional) 7. PHOTOGRAPH 3. PU BLISHED SOU RCES (Author, Title, Pages) 9. NAME, ADDRESS AND' TITLE OF RECORDER INTERVIE WS, RECORDS, PHOTOS, ': T C. DA TE OF RECORD The interior of the Fifth Regiment Armory during a meeting of the Convention. Inset, a ticket needed to gain admission !Um were ~ : I I :, coming ~ That waJ !! daunted, : naries. ma ma- observed !d A contemporary sketch showing Mt. Royal Station and the Armory. The > WiJb" .,_, Armory's afched roof was destroyed during the fire of 1933 )t. 105 : ... ~~· ' _ ...... ~- -..~·- .... _ "'!;>...... ~ .. ~':i':'t"l- - • .. ~ ~ °'t"}; ~'! : .., ~~· ~~Jf _. ~ . ~ - ·JJoA- <;; e.,e.-'"7 q Kitty. Black phoned 3:30 1/23/70 8-d~ "-- Setoa Mill Distr~Qt io 23 ac1 es --. I Miss Ma worked on St. Mary 's Semina She was a college stu er help type. Her a at 11 Gittings Avenue Baltimore, Md . 2121 2 Mrs . Black has taken photos of Howard St. Tunnel and Mt . Royal Station shed (today when the weather wasn't too good ) They are being processed and she will send them along if any turn out EC ,. I f f7'\ D 0 ( ,, Jennifer K. Cosham, 2/28/2004 B-26 Jennifer K. Cosham, 2/28/2004 B- 26