Union Station - Brattleboro, Vermont
Posted by: 
BruceS
N 42° 51.056 W 072° 33.408
18T E 699626 N 4747156
Historic railroad station in Brattleboro, Vermont.
Waymark Code: WM4WW5
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2008
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"Union Station is representative of the last generation of major
railroad passenger station architecture to be constructed in Vermont. The
building was built for the Central Vermont and Boston and Maine Railroads by the
H. Wales Lines Company of Meriden, Connecticut for a cost of $75,000 in
1915-1916.
Upon its dedication, Union Station was very favorably received by the Town of
Brattleboro as evidence in the following account in the Daily Reformer of August
12, 1916:
"...the new station is a structure in which the community can take pride,
and the public salutes the railroad companies for erecting a station that is a
credit to everybody, one that is attractive, enduring, thoroughly modern and
built in a first class manner."
The station is a prominent architectural landmark in downtown Brattleboro and
in addition serves as a visual reminder of the railroad which was a major
determinant for the town's settlement and growth.
In 1966 plans called for demolishing the station for a parking lot. As a
result of a cooperative effort between concerned residents and the Town of
Brattleboro, the building underwent adaptive reuse for a museum and art center.
In the fall of 1973, Amtrak renewed the basement floor as a depot for its newly
established Vermont rail passenger service. " ~
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