page_title: Ephraim Francis Baldwin
section_title: Railroad structures
hierarchical_section_title: Ephraim Francis Baldwin / Career highlights / Railroad structures
caption_attribution_description: English: Rockville Railroad Station, constructed in 1873.
context_page_description: Ephraim Francis Baldwin was an American architect, best known for his work for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and for the Roman Catholic Church.
context_section_description: In 1872, Baldwin was appointed the head architect for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, a position previously held by John Rudolph Niernsee, his mentor. Over the next 25 years he designed stations and other structures for the railroad, including many of its most famous buildings. Perhaps the best known are the passenger and freight car shops at Mount Clare Shops established in 1829 by the railroad at its beginnings in 1829 in southwest Baltimore that includes his 1884 central roundhouse at the current B&O Railroad Museum (established 1953), the B&O passenger station (1875) at Point of Rocks, Maryland and the immensely long B&O Warehouse (1905) adjacent to Camden Street Station (now at the Camden Yards sports stadiums complex in downtown Baltimore. Other surviving Baldwin stations can be found in:
  Rockville, Maryland (1873). Moved and converted to law offices. NRHP 74000961
  Keyser, West Virginia (1875), a brick station built in 1875.
  Mount Airy, Maryland (1876).
  Hancock, West Virginia (1876), known as Brosius Station, after the original name of its location.
  Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company offices, Baltimore, Maryland
  Paw Paw, West Virginia (1882)
  Lexington, Virginia (1883). Moved, currently the headquarters of Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honor society
  Mountain Lake Park, Maryland (1884), a large wooden station.
  Laurel, Maryland. The Laurel Railroad Station (1884) was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. NRHP 73002165
  Gaithersburg, Maryland (1884). The Gaithersburg B&O Railroad Station and Freight Shed was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. NRHP 78001473
  Sykesville, Maryland (1884) was made into a notable model railroad kit.
  Morgantown, West Virginia (1884), much modified, currently a visitor's center.
  Oakland, Maryland (1885) NRHP 74000953
  Homeland, Baltimore, Maryland (1888) station built for the Maryland Central Railway, now a private residence.
  Germantown, Maryland is a reconstruction; the original (1891) was destroyed by arson in 1978.
  Kensington, Maryland (1891) NRHP 80001827
  Dickerson, Maryland (1891); heavily damaged by fire in the late 1970s/early 1980s, it was extensively rebuilt.
  Frostburg, Maryland (1891), a wooden station built for the Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad in 1891.
  Brunswick, Maryland (1892) part of the Brunswick Historic District.
  New Oxford, Pennsylvania (1892), built for the Western Maryland Railway, currently a museum.
  Washington, Pennsylvania (1892)
  Weston, West Virginia (1892), in use as a municipal building.
  Winchester, Virginia (1892). Stone exterior; currently the headquarters of the small Winchester and Western Railroad.
  West Newton, Pennsylvania (1893)
  Mount Royal Station (1896), Baltimore, Maryland. NRHP 73002191
  Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (1896) was moved from its original location in the 1930s and later had its control tower removed. It was restored in 2007 and the tower was rebuilt. It was officially re-dedicated on Saturday, April 28, 2007. NRHP 79002584
  Piedmont, West Virginia survives in a modified form, including removal of a top floor.
  Several other non-passenger buildings survive including freight stations in Ellicott City, Maryland and Martinsburg, West Virginia
  Baldwin's stations are a favorite with photographers because of their picturesque appearance. Built of brick or wood in the Queen Anne Style, the most famous are festooned with decorative gables, spires, and brickwork.
caption: B&O Station Rockville, Maryland
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