Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station , also known as Pennsylvania Railroad Station , was a railroad station that was owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad and operated by the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad in Washington , D.C. , from July 2 , 1872 until its closure in 1907 . It was located at the southern corner of 6th street NW and B Street NW ( now Constitution Avenue ) , now the site of the West Building of the National Gallery of Art . It was in this train station that United States President James A. Garfield was assassinated by Charles Guiteau
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Assassination of James A. Garfield
Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station