House of Cards Films at Towson Courthouse

TOWSON, MD — The crew from House of Cards was in Towson this week, filming scenes for the Netflix show off Chesapeake Avenue.

"Looks like President Underwood is back at the Historic Courthouse," Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz posted on Facebook on Thursday with a photo of production equipment for the show.

The County Council Chambers was turned into a set where the House of Representatives convened, according to Councilman Todd Crandell.

The courthouse has been used before in Towson, in the second season of House of Cards; and according to The Washington Post, the county gets paid for its use.

House of Cards also filmed in Towson in 2015 for the fourth season, at locations including Towson University and Goucher College.

While many of the scenes for the political drama are supposed to appear to be in D.C., during the third season Towson was actually referenced by name as the place where hacker Gavin Orsay (played by Jimmi Simpson) was getting tested for a sexually transmitted disease at a health clinic.

A chunk of the production for House of Cards has taken place in Harford County, where the production company has a sound stage.

Season five will be released on Netflix on May 30, which the show's creators announced the day of the inauguration for Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the U.S.

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Photo courtesy of Baltimore County Government.