Marking the end of the Baltimore and Ohio’s Metropolitan Branch from Washington, this picturesque station is located at its intersection with the main line to Baltimore. The branch provided a corridor for development that made possible the establishment of suburban and summer resort communities in Montgomery County, beginning in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Its exuberant High Victorian Gothic design marks it as one of the most distinctive of Baldwin’s numerous station designs. Combined with the nearby Chesapeake and Ohio Canal that fueled the early development of the town, the station was part of an important regional transportation hub, offering both passenger and freight service; it remains part of a significant commuter route into Washington.