North Bennington Vermont Train Depot Station Stock Photography

Built in 1880 as a passenger station, this Second Empire brick building is a surviving reminder of North Bennington`s former importance as a major railroad hub in southwestern Vermont. A new station building was constructed in 1880. The depot is a two-story brick structure, with a mansard roof and a foundation of cut marble. The roof has a cornice studded with brackets of multicolored slate, gabled dormers housing round-arch windows, and mansard tower rising near the center of the street-facing facade. The ground floor exterior of the building is sheltered by flared canopies supported by large carved knee brackets. The interior is functionally divided into two waiting areas, with an octagonal ticket office between them on the track side. A small single-storage luggage area extends from one end of the building. The president of the United States in 1880 was Rutherford B. Hayes, who was the 19th president.