Historic train stations abound in Washington region

Train stations are the perfect nexus of transit and architecture geekdom. They’re monuments to all the things that urbanists hold dear. Luckily, the Washington area is full of wonderful examples of historic depots, big and small. Just about everyone is familiar with Union Station, but have you seen Point of Rocks? Fredericksburg? Gaithersburg?

Here are some pictures of particularly interesting historic train stations in the region, starting with 4 designed by famed B&O Railroad architect Francis Baldwin.

Point of Rocks

Mt Royal Station, Baltimore

Gaithersburg	Rockville
Fredericksburg and Perryville stations are clearly cousins, though they were built by different railroads.
Perryville	Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg features industrial-style covered platforms, rare for the Washington region.
Before Union Station was built, B&O Railroad had its own DC depot. It’s been gone a century, but Frederick’s 1854 station is architecturally similar, and still stands.
B&O’s old DC station (demolished)	Frederick (standing but not in use)
Being an industrial city, Baltimore is full of interesting depots.
Camden Station. MARC still stops here, but they don’t use the historic depot	President Street Station (1850) is the oldest surviving big-city train station in the US
Here are a few more from around the region. Baldwin-designed stations are marked with an asterisk.
Harpers Ferry *	Manassas
Chesapeake Beach	Laurel *
Sykesville *	Martinsburg, with hotel attached
Fairfax Station	Kensington *

Based on a post from BeyondDC.