Union Stations Across the U.S.
By Beryl Frank
Brattleboro, Vermont
The building seen today on the site of the Brattleboro Museum is the last of three train stations which served here. The first - built in 1849 - was a modest structure which stands across the railroad tracks behind the museum.
In 1880, the second train station was built. This building served Brattleboro until 1916. August 14, 1915, was the date when construction began on the third building which was then called Union Station. Train traffic ran through and to Brattleboro until 1966 when the Central Vermont and the Boston and Maine ended regular passenger service. Once again, the airplanes and the automobiles lessened the need for trains.
But the Union Station - which was registered as a Historic Landmark in 1974 - was saved from demolition. The old building became and is the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.
In 1973, Amtrak reinstated the Montrealer. A traveler can still catch a train today. Although the stone building is now a museum, the flag once flew over the Union Station of Brattleboro, Vermont.
[Thanks to the Brattleboro Historical Society for their input here.]
Today, this building is a museum. It once was the Union Station of Brattleboro, Vermont.
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