Baltimore and Potomac Railway Station The Baltimore and Potomac Railway Station was built in 1873, over the old <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/40">Tiber Creek</a> and <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/41">Washington City Canal</a> waterway on the present-day site of the National Gallery of Art. Building contractors sank 35-foot piles to secure the foundation of the building on the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/256">waterlogged ground</a>. Made of red brick pressed with black mortar, the building's three towers, elaborate roofs, ornamental iron, and red, blue, and green slates exemplified Victorian Gothic architecture. <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/347">President James A. Garfield was assassinated at the station</a> on July 2, 1881. The station was demolished in 1907 after nearby Union Station was built and the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad consolidated with other railroad companies. National Gallery of Art. <a href="http://www.nga.gov/feature/sculpturegarden/chronology/1908-fs.shtm">View original</a>. 1873 (Built) 1907 (Demolished) <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1860-1889">1860-1889</a> <a href="/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=38&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=1890-1919">1890-1919</a>