Baldwin & Pennington was the architectural partnership with

Ephraim Francis Baldwin Ephraim Francis Baldwin (October 4, 1837 – January 20, 1916) was an American architect, best known for his work for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and for the Roman Catholic Church. Personal life Although born in Troy, New York, Baldwin liv ...

(1837-1916) and Josias Pennington (1854-1929) based in

Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore ( , locally: or ) is the List of municipalities in Maryland, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland, fourth most populous city in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic, and List of United States cities by popula ...

.Josias Pennington
/ref> The firm designed an incredibly large number of prominent structures throughout the Middle Atlantic region, especially as the "house architects" of the

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the first common carrier railroad and the oldest railroad in the United States, with its first section opening in 1830. Merchants from Baltimore, which had benefited to some extent from the construction of ...

, including many of its stations and other late 19th century structures for the railroad. Several of their works are listed on the United States'

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

, maintained by the

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propertie ...

of the

U.S. Department of the Interior The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government headquartered at the Main Interior Building, located at 1849 C Street NW in Washington, D.C. It is responsible for the mana ...

Notable works

Works include (with attribution): *

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station, Oakland Oakland station is a historic railroad station located at Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland. It is a large brick structure with a two-story central section featuring a cylindrical tower with a domed cap and one-story wings extending from each ...

: Liberty Street,

Oakland, Maryland Oakland is a town in the west-central part of Garrett County, Maryland, United States. The town has a population of 1,925 according to the 2010 United States Census. The town is also the county seat of Garrett County and is located within the Pitt ...

, Garrett County, Maryland, (Baldwin & Pennington), NRHP-listed. *

Baltimore City College Baltimore City College, known colloquially as City, City College, and B.C.C., is a college preparatory school with a liberal arts focus and selective admissions criteria located in Baltimore, Maryland. Opened in October 1839, B.C.C. is the thir ...

: 530 North Howard Street (at West Centre Street),

, (Baldwin & Pennington), econd B.C.C. building on site, 1895 NRHP-listed. *

Baltimore County Courthouse The Baltimore County Courthouses are located in Towson, Maryland, Towson, the county seat. The older, original Baltimore County Courthouse ("Historic Courthouse") of 1854-1856 (and three additions that eventually formed an 'H' shape) houses many o ...

(Annexes-north & south wings): Courthouse Square, Washington Avenue, between Pennsylvania and Chesapeake Avenues,

Towson, Maryland Towson () is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. The population was 55,197 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Baltimore County and the second-most populous unincorpo ...

, (Ephraim Francis Baldwin & Josias Pennington), NRHP-listed. * Benson Building: 4 East Franklin Street,

, (Baldwin & Pennington; Walters, Edward & Co.), NRHP-listed. *One or more works in

Davis and Elkins Historic District The Davis and Elkins Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District on the campus of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. It includes two mansions, the Senator Stephen Benton Elkins House (Halliehurst) and Graceland, t ...

Davis and Elkins College Davis & Elkins College (D&E) is a private college in Elkins, West Virginia. History The school was founded in 1904 and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. It was named for Henry G. Davis and his son-in-law Stephen B. Elkins, who were b ...

campus,

Elkins, West Virginia Elkins is a city in and the county seat of Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. The community was incorporated in 1890 and named in honor of Stephen Benton Elkins, a U.S. Senator from West Virginia. The population was 6,950 at the 2020 ...

, (Baldwin and Pennington), NRHP-listed. *

Fidelity Building (Baltimore) The Fidelity Building is a 15-story, high rise building in the central business district of Baltimore, Maryland. Completed in 1894, it was later the headquarters of the Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore which was founded in 1892. Ov ...

(1912-1915), northwest corner, North Charles and West Lexington Streets,

, headquarters of

Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore The Fidelity and Deposit Company is a trust company in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1890 by Edwin Warfield, it was also known as the ''Fidelity and Deposit Trust Company of Maryland'' and the ''Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore''. Hist ...

, additional upper floors with

terra-cotta Terracotta, terra cotta, or terra-cotta (; ; ), in its material sense as an earthenware substrate, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic where the fired body is porous. In applied art, craft, construction, and architecture, terracotta i ...

façade to match original 1894 lower floors with grey rough-cut granite. * Hutzler Brothers (department store) "Palace Building":, 210-218 North Howard Street, (between East Lexington and Saratoga Streets),

, (Baldwin & Pennington), NRHP-listed. * Merchants' National Bank Building (1895), Baltimore: 301 Water Street,

, (Baldwin & Pennington), NRHP-listed. * Mount Royal Station, (

): 1400 Cathedral Street at Mount Royal Avenue,

, (Josias Pennington), NRHP-listed. *

Pratt Street Power Plant The Pratt Street Power Plant — also known as the Pier Four Power Plant, The Power Plant, "Pratt Street Toenail", and Pratt Street Station — is a historic former power plant located in downtown Baltimore, Maryland, USA. It has undergone signif ...

: Pier 4, 601 East Pratt Street,

, (Baldwin & Pennington), originally

United Railways and Electric Company The United Railways and Electric Company was a street railway company in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area of the U.S. state of Maryland from 1899 to 1935. In 1900, the company built the Power Plant in Baltimore's Inner Harbor to provide electrical ...

(streetcar system) - now

Power Plant Live! Power Plant Live! is a collection of bars, restaurants and other businesses in the Inner Harbor section of downtown Baltimore, Maryland. It was developed by The Cordish Companies and opened in phases during 2001, 2002, and 2003. The entertainme ...

, constructed 1899-1909 (built in 3 stages - interrupted by

Great Baltimore Fire The Great Baltimore Fire raged in Baltimore, Maryland from Sunday, February 7, to Monday, February 8, 1904. More than 1,500 buildings were completely leveled, and some 1,000 severely damaged, bringing property loss from the disaster to an estimate ...

, February 7–8, 1904), NRHP-listed.

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Architecture firms based in Maryland {{US-architect-stub

Notable works

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