Maryland
Capital Region
Montgomery County

Silver Spring station

Silver Spring station is a former train station on the Metropolitan Subdivision in in . It was built in 1945 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad on the foundation of a previous station, a Victorian-style brick structure built in 1878.
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  • Type: Historic building
  • Description: railway station in Montgomery County, the United States of America
  • Also known as: “Silver Spring Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station” and “Silver Spring Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station”
  • Roof shape: saltbox

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nora School and Coastline.

School
The is a private progressive college-preparatory high school in . A nonprofit school with 501 status, it was formerly known as The Eberhard School, Washington Ethical Society School, and Washington Ethical High School. is situated 560 feet east of Silver Spring station.

Work of art
is an outdoor sculpture by artist Jim Sanborn installed at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration complex in , . is situated 870 feet northwest of Silver Spring station.

Library
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The , formerly the Silver Spring Library, is part of the Montgomery County Public Libraries System. It opened to the public in 1931 and is currently located at 900 Wayne Avenue in . is situated 1,900 feet north of Silver Spring station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silver Spring and Shepherd Park.

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is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, . It is considered to be an "edge city". It sits next door to Washington, DC, and had about 82,000 residents in 2018.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the of In the years following World War II, restrictive covenants which had prevented Jews and African Americans from purchasing homes in the neighborhood were no longer enforced, and the neighborhood became largely Jewish and African American.

Neighborhood
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is an area in northwest , built in 1931 with 80 residences. The homes are reproductions of colonial buildings, such as the , where General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.

Silver Spring station

Latitude
38.99021° or 38° 59′ 25″ north
Longitude
-77.02713° or 77° 1′ 38″ west
Inception
1945
Levels
1
Open location code
87C4XXRF+34
Open­Street­Map ID
way 38765930
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­saltbox
Wiki­data ID
Q7516334
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Highlights include Silver Spring Fire Station 1 and Philadelphia Avenue Urban Park.

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