Bowie Railroad Buildings

Bowie, MD
Bowie Tower and freight station in December 2008
General information
Location	8614 Chestnut Avenue, Bowie, Maryland
Operated by	Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Pennsylvania Railroad Amtrak MARC
History
Opened	1872
Closed	1989
Electrified	January 28, 1935[1] (ceremonial) February 10, 1935[2] (regular service)
Former services
Preceding station MARC Following station Seabrook towards Union Station Penn Line Until 1989 Odenton towards Perryville Preceding station Amtrak Following station Capital Beltway toward Washington, D.C. Chesapeake 1978–1983 Odenton toward Philadelphia–Suburban Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Glendale toward Washington, D.C. Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Jericho Park toward Philadelphia
Bowie Railroad Buildings
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates	39°0′26″N 76°46′46″W / 39.00722°N 76.77944°W / 39.00722; -76.77944
Area	less than one acre
Built	1913
Architectural style	Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	98001261[3]
Added to NRHP	November 4, 1998

The Bowie Railroad Buildings comprise three small frame structures at the former Bowie train station, located at the junction of what is now the Northeast Corridor and the Pope's Creek Subdivision in the town center of Bowie, Maryland. The complex includes a single-story freight depot, a two-story interlocking tower, and an open passenger shed.^[4] The station was served by passenger trains from 1872 until 1989, when it was replaced by Bowie State station nearby. The buildings were restored in 1992 as the Bowie Railroad Museum and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.