Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station

Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station Pennsylvania Railroad Station
The B&P Railroad Station
General information
Location	Corner of B Street NW & 6th Street NW
Coordinates	38°53′30″N 77°01′13″W / 38.89167°N 77.02028°W / 38.89167; -77.02028
Owned by	Pennsylvania Railroad
Operated by	Baltimore and Potomac Railroad
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Architect	Wilson Brothers & Company
History
Opened	1873
Closed	October 14, 1907 (line moved to Union Station)
Former services
Preceding station Pennsylvania Railroad Following station Terminus Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Navy Yard toward Philadelphia Preceding station Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Following station Alexandria toward Cincinnati Main Line Terminus Preceding station Southern Railway Following station Alexandria toward Birmingham Main Line Terminus Preceding station Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Following station St. Asaph Junction toward Richmond: Broad Street or Main Street Main Line Terminus
Location Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station Pennsylvania Railroad Station Location within Washington, D.C.

The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station, also known as Pennsylvania Railroad Station, was a railroad station that was owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad and operated by the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad in Washington, D.C., from July 2, 1872 until its closure in 1907. It was located at the southern corner of 6th street NW and B Street NW (now Constitution Avenue), now the site of the West Building of the National Gallery of Art. It was in this train station that United States President James A. Garfield was shot by assassin Charles J. Guiteau on July 2, 1881.