w:Queen City Hotel & Station located in w:Cumberland, Maryland was one of Five Combination Station-Hotels Built by the B&O during the 1870s. It was Designed by w:Thomas N. Heskett of the RailRoad's Road Department, was Italianate in Style, and was opened for the Accommodation and Entertainment of passengers in 1872. Though No Longer used as a Hotel, The Queen City was one of the last Remaining Grand, Railroad Hotels in the US in the early 1970s. Efforts to preserve this ornate, Victorian-era Structure was one of the classic preservation battles of the early 1970s. The battle was lost when the building was demolished in 1972. (B&O Railroad Survey: B&O Railroad and Queen City Hotel and Station, 1871-1872. Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation, United States Department of The Interior, 1970)
[[Queen City Hotel]] & Station located in [[Cumberland, Maryland]] was one of Five Combination Station-Hotels Built by the [[B&O]] during the 1870's. It was Designed by [[Thomas N. Heskett]] of the RailRoad's Road Department, was Italianate in Style, and
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