(rshsdepot) President Street Station (Baltimore, MD)

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From The Baltimore Sun.
 
Bernie Wagenblast
 
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Another city building that needs a strategy for continued operation, the  
vacant President Street Station at 601 President St., has new temporary  
stewards.  
Last year, the mayor's office asked the Baltimore Development Corp. to seek  
proposals from groups interested in buying or renting the former train 
station,  which housed the Baltimore Civil War Museum from 1997 until last fall. 
Since  then, two other groups have been named to take the lead in finding a new 
use for  the city-owned building: the Baltimore City Heritage Area, a division 
of the  mayor's office that promotes Baltimore's cultural heritage; and the 
Commission  for Historical and Architectural Preservation, part of the planning 
department.  
Built in the early 1850s, President Street Station is the oldest surviving  
big city railroad terminal in the United States. It was a stop on the  
Underground Railroad used by slaves fleeing from the South and played a key role  in 
the first fatalities of the Civil War. CHAP has scheduled a public hearing  for 
3:30 p.m. tomorrow to consider adding the train station to the city's  
landmark list.  
According to Jeffrey Buchheit, director of the Heritage Area program, he and  
CHAP executive director Kathleen G. Kotarba are now working out the final  
details of seeking a new use for the building, and a formal request for  
proposals is likely to be issued this spring.  
_ed.gunts_@_baltsun.com_ (mailto:ed.gunts@baltsun.com)   



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