{"exhibit":{"title":"What happened to the railroad stations on the Mall?","description":"<p>Starting in the 1830s, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company built a station on the Mall to bring people and commercial goods to the city of Washington. At that time, railroad lines grew along the east coast and expanded westward. Building a rail station near the Capitol kept the new railroad business in front of politicians, while also opening the city to new business development even if some residents complained about its impact on the Mall&rsquo;s parkland. In 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt ordered the Mall&rsquo;s last rail station be destroyed.<\/p>","credits":"","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":"","theme_options":null,"slug":"railroad","added":"2013-05-20 11:05:59","modified":"2013-10-15 13:21:36","owner_id":3,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":null,"id":35},"item":{"item_type_id":6,"collection_id":null,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2013-05-27 12:11:02","modified":"2015-10-05 12:43:09","owner_id":3,"id":344}}