MPS Berkeley County MRA Area 19 ha Added to NRHP 10 December 1980 | NRHP Reference # 80004415 Architectural style Italianate architecture | |
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Location Roughly bounded by B&O RR from S side of Burke St. underpass to N side of B&O & PA RR bridge, Martinsburg, West Virginia Address Martinsburg, WV 25401, USA Similar Balti and Ohio Railroad, Van Metre Ford Stone Bridge, Boydville, Apollo Theatre, Great Smoky Mountains |
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 station and hotel. Industrial buildings include coal yards, a plaster mill, feed mills, a distillery and other manufacturing facilities.