(rshsdepot) Re: RSHSDepot Digest V1 #1322 - Aberdeen, MD

[Mario Cimino <cimino_@_ot.com>]

Sorry to hear about the passing of  Mr. Fry.  This is the first I had 
heard about him but his contributions to station preservation are 
certainly commendable.  However, this has spurred a very interesting 
discussion of the stations in Aberdeen, Maryland.  Both the PRR and B&O 
stations are associated with very renowned architects:

The B&O station is, aside from the recently restored Water Street in 
Wilmington, the only other Frank Furness design for the B&O known to 
survive.  The Historical Society of  Harford County is leading an effort 
to move the station away from the thracks and restore it.  Not to put 
too fine a point on it, but the suggestion theat the effort has stalled 
is a bit misleading.  I am heading a similar station preservation 
project and I would note that there is often a lot of negotiations going 
on behind the scenes even though no work may be going on at the site.  
According to the HCHS website, 
http://www.harfordhistory.net/Aberdeen%20B&O%20Station.htm , they are 
waiting for grant money to become available and negotiating with CSX, 
with the help of former MD Governor William Schaefer.  I would hate for 
people to get the idea that it is a lost cause or not worthwhile since 
this is a very important station.

Regarding the Aberdeen PRR station, far from having no redeeming 
architectural value, according a drawing and caption in the book Triumph 
VI about the PRR lines to Baltimore, by Roberts and Messer, the current 
station was designed by Raymond Loewy and Associates, better known as 
the designer of the GG1 electric locomotive.  Modern architecture is 
certainly an acquired taste but remember that years ago lots of people 
felt the same way about many of our favorite Victorian stations too - 
sorry for hopping on the soapbox again!

Finally, the Maryland Stations list on Bullsheet.com is new to me but it 
is excellent.  I've been looking for an extensive list of Maryland 
stations for ages and it is very informative.  Thanks for pointing it out.

Mario Cimino
Morton Station Preservation Committee
Morton, Pennsylvania
www.mortonstation.org  

RSHSDepot Digest wrote:

>RSHSDepot Digest        Friday, March 24 2006        Volume 01 : Number 1322
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>(rshsdepot) Re: RSHSDepot Digest V1 #1321
>(rshsdepot) Wichita kansas Depot
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>>From Archives_@_Railfan.net
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>References: <200603231037.k2NAb01S039364_@_net.bluemoon.net>
>Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:29:10 -0500
>From: "Alexander D. Mitchell IV" <LNER4472_@_bcpl.net>
>Subject: (rshsdepot) Re: RSHSDepot Digest V1 #1321
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>Okay, time for this Maryland resident to chime in.
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>The B&O Aberdeen, Md. depot, as of a couple months ago, was a derelict relic 
>surrounded by barbed-wire-topped chain-link fence, the target of a couple 
>preservation efforts that have seemingly stalled.
>http://www.bullsheet.com/news/phc-aber.html
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>The PRR Aberdeen station has indeed been refurbished, but has no real 
>redeeming architectural value:
>http://www.bullsheet.com/news/phc-aberprr.html
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>Perryville's PRR depot is the restored one, and as a note it's absolutely 
>identical to the PRR station in Northumberland, Pa., now a restaurant with 
>two Lackawanna passenger cars built on to it:
>http://www.bullsheet.com/news/phc-perryville.html
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>More on all of Md.'s depots at:
>http://www.bullsheet.com/news/mdvintagedepots.html
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>Alexander D. Mitchell IV
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>Message-ID: <326.843309.3154d670_@_aol.com>
>Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 23:58:24 EST
>From: LSmith7364_@_aol.com
>Subject: (rshsdepot) Wichita kansas Depot
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>I have been looking at the Misouri Pacific  Depot (the brick and  stone one) 
>that was in Wichita, Kansas. It was the pride of Wichita when it  was built 
>and it was quite a structure!  Does any one have old photos  of that which I 
>could purchase or any postcards or other photos you may be able  to e-mail.  
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>I'm also interested in the architect and  contractor of that building.  It 
>was built in the late 1800s.   Many Thanks!
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>_kenerell_@_cox.net_ (mailto:kenerell@cox.net) 
>Ken Elliott
>1825 W. Maple
>Wichita, KS  67213
>(316) 201 - 1120 - voice
>(316) 201 - 1118 -  fax
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