The South Royalton Railroad Station is a former train station in the community of
South Royalton, Vermont. The 1886 station building still stands, used as a local bank branch of Bar Harbor Bank & Trust. It is a contributing property to the
South Royalton Historic District
The South Royalton Historic District encompasses the central portion of the village of South Royalton, Vermont. Now the town of Royalton's principal commercial center, it developed in the second half of the 19th century around the depot of the ...
, on the
National Register of Historic Places.
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Attributes
The building has a first floor made of brick with horseshoe-shaped colored windows at either end and flared wraparound roofing. Above this is a half-story with overlapping patterned wood shingles, topped with a large slate roof with gables. The gables are decorated with
Eastlake
Eastlake may refer to:
Places
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* Kingston, Australian Capital Territory, formerly called Eastlake
** Eastlake Football Club, an amateur Australian Rules Football Club named after that location
;United States
* Eastlake, Lake County, C ...
bargeboards.
History
The site was first developed in 1849–50, during the construction of the
Vermont Central Railroad
The Central Vermont Railway was a railroad that operated in the U.S. states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, and Vermont, as well as the Canadian province of Quebec.
It connected Montreal, Quebec, with New London, Conne ...
. Local mill owner Daniel Tarbell decided to construct a freight and passenger depot at the site, instead of at what was then the center of town. The resulting railway village was mostly Greek Revival in style. A fire in 1886 destroyed much of the village, although the old station remained. The village park was expanded, new stores were built, and the new station building was completed, with the former building becoming a freight station.
The building was constructed in 1886, designed by
George H. Guernsey
George H. Guernsey (December 10, 1839 – November 28, 1900) was an American architect from Montpelier, Vermont.
Life
Guernsey was born on December 10, 1839, in Calais, Vermont, to Gilman and Clotina (Southwick) Guernsey. He served in the ...
, who designed the nearby
Debevoise Hall
Debevoise Hall is the main academic building of the Vermont Law School, in South Royalton, Vermont. The Queen Anne-style structure was built in 1892 as Royalton's schoolhouse, and became the law school's first building in 1973. The building co ...
at the
Vermont Law School and other town buildings following a large fire that year.
The building later became a branch of the Randolph National Bank, which was purchased by Lake Sunapee Bank in 2016. In 2017, Bar Harbor Bank & Trust purchased Sunapee, and so the bank is owned and operated by Bar Harbor.
See also
*
National Register of Historic Places listings in Windsor County, Vermont
References
External links
Brank branch website
{{NRHP in Windsor County, Vermont
Buildings and structures in Royalton, Vermont
Former Central Vermont Railway stations
Historic district contributing properties in Vermont
National Register of Historic Places in Windsor County, Vermont
Queen Anne architecture in Vermont
Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
Transportation buildings and structures in Windsor County, Vermont
1886 establishments in Vermont
Railway stations opened in 1886