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The Morrisville Depot located at 10 Depot Street in Morrisville, Vermont, is a decommissioned historic train station. Built in 1872 to serve the Portland and Ogdensburg Railway, the depot was known as the most important train station for the Vermont lumber industry, for its decorative architectural ornament, and for housing the headquarters of the St. Johnsbury and Lamoille County Railroad from 1959 to the early 1970s. It was subsequently converted into a restaurant. The Morrisville Depot was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as building #15 in the Morrisville Historic District.
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- ↑ "Legislators' Biographical Database". legislature.maine.gov.
- ↑ "Samuel J. Anderson, Portland, ca. 1890". Maine Memory Network. Maine Historical Society.
- ↑ "History: Building Frankenstein Trestle". Conway Scenic Railroad.
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