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Baltimore and Ohio and Related Industries Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The historic Martinsburg B. & O. Railroad Station, formerly known as the Caperton Station Hotel. Today it is an Amtrak passenger station and MARC commuter rail terminus.
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Location	Roughly bounded by B. & O. Railroad from south side of Burke Street underpass to north side of B. & O. & Pennsylvania railroad bridge, Martinsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°27′43″N 77°57′45″W / 39.46194°N 77.96250°W / 39.46194; -77.96250
Area	47 acres (19 ha)
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Italianate style
MPS	Berkeley County MRA
NRHP reference No.	80004415
Added to NRHP	December 10, 1980

The Baltimore and Ohio Related Industries Historic District comprises a portion of Martinsburg, West Virginia to either side of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line as it runs through the city. The district includes the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops, a National Historic Landmark, and a variety of industrial and commercial concerns that depended on the railroad.

Along with buildings, the district includes the infrastructure associated with the building of the railroad in an urbanizing environment, such as the channelizing of Tuscarora Creek and a variety of culverts, underpasses and retaining walls. Significant buildings include, apart from the roundhouse/shop complex, the B. & O. Railroad station and hotel. Industrial buildings include coal yards, a plaster mill, feed mills, a distillery and other manufacturing facilities.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory nomination Form: Baltimore and Ohio and Related Industries Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 7, 2009.

External links

• Media related to Baltimore and Ohio and Related Industries Historic District at Wikimedia Commons
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WV-1, "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Martinsburg Repair Shops, West Side of Tuscarora Creek Opposite East End of Race Street, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV", 11 photos, 4 data pages, 1 photo caption page
• HAER No. WV-1-A, "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Martinsburg West Roundhouse", 11 photos, 5 measured drawings, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page
• HAER No. WV-1-B, "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Martinsburg East Roundhouse", 4 photos, 3 measured drawings, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page
• HAER No. WV-1-C, "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Martinsburg Machine Shop", 3 photos, 1 photo caption page
• HAER No. WV-17, "Martinsburg Station & Hotel, Martin Street, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page

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