Notre Dame Station – Baltimore City, Md.

Ma & Pa Railroad
For years I was under the assumption that the building in this picture was that of the Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad, Notre Dame Depot. The station was on the railroad line below the Homeland Station and north of Evergreen. But I found an article from a student from Notre Dame College up the hill on Charles Street that the actual station was on the Northwest corner and was a small shelter. That would place it to the left of this photo and the location is a newer two story brick office building. I’ll keep digging……..
I did find a reference to ” Stony Run Station” , which I believe might be this stop. Another article mentioned how some students of nearby Notre Dame College would walk up the hill from the station to the College up the hill. I did find one article of a lawsuit where someone fell on the train while at the station. On schedules, the stop is listed between Evergreen to the South, the first stop out of the North Avenue Station , and Homeland Station to the North, near the present day City/County Line. The schedule shows the station as 3 miles from the North Avenue Station, and just over a mile from the Homeland Station. One article may have made reference to the station as the “Roland Park Depot” in 1919. An article written in 1890 seems to list the station as “Blithwood Station” ( currently known as Bythewood Road I assume ). Plans at the time were to construct a village between this station and the Evergreen Station to the South at Cold Spring Lane, running along the railroad. I’ve also seen the name Embla Park for the area used back in the 1940’s.

In an article written in 1950, it is mentioned that the train would still stop at Notre Dame for passenger to Notre Dame College, although the passenger had to mention the need to stop to the conductor.

I’ve checked maps from over the years, and feel the station, which would have been small ( a shelter perhaps ) would have been on this lot, but I’ve read that the station would have a been a bit to the West. However, Stony Run stream would have people crossing the stream to the train platform, so I’ll stick with this location for now. The tracks were shown on maps until the late 1960’s, when they disappear.