Old Pine Street Station

Old Pine Street Station, also known as the Old Western District Police Station House, is a historic police station located at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It is a freestanding brick building of two stories raised on a partially exposed basement in the quintessential brick Victorian Gothic style. It was constructed 1877–78.[2]

Old Pine Street Station
Old Pine Street Station, August 2011
Location214 N. Pine St., Baltimore, Maryland
Coordinates39°17′30″N 76°37′40″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1877 (1877)
ArchitectDavis, Francis E.
Architectural styleGothic, High Victorian Gothic
NRHP reference No.85000018[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 3, 1985

The station was to be torn down to make way for a highway, but was saved through the efforts of preservationists and the demise of the highway project. The building is now used as a police station for the University of Maryland, Baltimore Police.[3]

Old Pine Street Station was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.[1]

References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Calvin Correll and Sherry Eager (July 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Old Pine Street Station" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. Dorsey, John; Dilts, James D. (1981). A Guide to Baltimore Architecture (Second ed.). Centreville, Maryland: Tidewater Publishes. p. 152. ISBN 0-87033-272-4.


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