New Haven Junction station

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New Haven Junction
New Haven Junction Depot, New Haven, Vermont.jpg
New Haven Junction station building in 2013
History
Opened1849
Closed1953
Former services
Preceding station Rutland Railroad Following station
Vergennes
toward Rouses Point
Main Line Beldens
toward White Creek
New Haven Junction Depot
Coordinates 44°7′24″N73°11′0″W / 44.12333°N 73.18333°W / 44.12333; -73.18333 Coordinates: 44°7′24″N73°11′0″W / 44.12333°N 73.18333°W / 44.12333; -73.18333
Built1855 (1855)
Built by Rutland and Burlington Railroad
NRHP reference No. 78000226 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 19, 1978

New Haven Junction station is a former railway station at the junction of United States Route 7 and Vermont Route 17 in New Haven, Vermont. Probably built in the 1850s, it is a well-preserved example of a first-generation railroad depot. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 as New Haven Junction Depot, and now houses offices. [1]

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Description and history

The former station stands adjacent to railroad tracks just north of the western junction of US 7 and Vermont 17 in the village of New Haven Junction. It is a single-story brick building with a gabled roof. It has Italianate styling, including rounded-arch windows and extended eaves supported by large brackets. The track-facing facade has two entrances, located in the second and fourth of five bays. An original manual semaphore control tower rises through the eave near the center of that facade. [2]

The station's exact construction date is not known, and is assumed to be in the decade following the 1849 introduction of railroad service to the area by the Rutland and Burlington Railroad. The station was first listed as a stop in that railroad's timetables in 1854, and the current brick station was completed during August 1868, replacing a wooden structure across the tracks (which became the freighthouse). The railroad was in the second half of the 19th century an important transportation artery for both the Burlington area's lumber industry, and the Rutland area's marble quarries. [2] The station became a junction in 1891 when the Bristol Railroad opened.

The building underwent restoration in the late 1970s. [2] It had to be moved - or else demolished - to accommodate the Amtrak Ethan Allen Express extension to Burlington, as the structure was too close to the tracks to permit trains to run at 59 miles per hour (95 km/h). [3] The town selectboard chose a new site for the building, adjacent to the town office and library, in May 2021. Moving the station is expected to cost more than $600,000. [4] The town has applied for state and regional funding to move the structure. [5] The Vermont Department of Historic Preservation transferred ownership to the town in December 2020. The building was moved to a city-owned lot on January 12, 2022, with a new foundation to be poured that spring. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Charles Ashton (1978). "NRHP nomination for New Haven Junction Depot". National Park Service . Retrieved 2016-08-31. with photos from 1978
  3. Ross, Christopher (January 28, 2021). "Future in doubt for New Haven train depot". Addison County Independent. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  4. Ross, Christopher (May 13, 2021). "New Haven picks new home for train depot". Addison County Independent. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  5. Varricchio, Lou (May 26, 2021). "Historic Vt. railroad depot has a new home". The Sun. Retrieved June 1, 2021.
  6. "Vermont depot set to move Jan. 12". Trains. January 7, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2022.

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