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Cumberland, Maryland: Coordinates: Area: 21 acres (8.5 ha) Architect: Multiple: Architectural style: Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods) NRHP reference No. 83002917 [1] Added to NRHP: August 4, 1983
The Queen City Hotel was constructed in 1871 by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) in Cumberland, Maryland to serve both as a train station and as a destination. Hosting 174 rooms, it also had such features as formal gardens with a fountain, a ballroom and 400-seat dining room. [1]
The Washington Street Historic District is a national historic district named after George Washington in Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland. It is an approximately 35-acre (140,000 m 2) residential area to the west of downtown Cumberland and consists primarily of six blocks of Washington Street. It contains large-scale 19th- and 20th-century ...
This is believed to have led to the closings of smaller stores in Cumberland. [1] The 64-acre (260,000 m 2) property is a portion of a larger 192-acre (0.78 km 2) parcel. Before 1979, most of the 192-acre (0.78 km 2) parcel, including portions of the 64-acre (260,000 m 2) subject property, was used for strip mining and a golf course. The strip ...
B&O trains at Queen City Station in 1970. The current waiting shelter for Amtrak service in Cumberland sits on the original site of the Queen City Station.This was a 174-room hotel constructed by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) in 1871 with a ballroom, a 400-seat dining room, and gardens and fountains. [2]
Cumberland is a city in and the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland, United States.At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 19,075. [4] Located on the Potomac River, Cumberland is a regional business and commercial center for Western Maryland and the Potomac Highlands of West Virginia.
George Washington's Headquarters are a historic site located at 38 Greene Street in Cumberland, Maryland in central Allegany County (39° 38.975′ N, 78° 45.885′ W). The centerpiece and primary attraction at the site is a historic log cabin twice occupied by George Washington, the first President of the United States of America.
The Chinese Exclusion Act forced Chinese immigrants to move away from wage work to self-employment through laundries and restaurants. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] As of 2015 [update] , the U.S. had 46,700 Chinese restaurants.