Chester Depot in Windsor County, Vermont — The American Northeast (New England)
Chester Depot
Photographed by Dennis Gilkenson, February 1, 2017
1. Chester Depot Marker
Inscription.
Chester Depot. . The first public train arrived here on July 18, 1849, and in December, the Rutland and Burlington Railroad opened the first rail line across Vermont linking the Connecticut River valley at Bellows Falls and Lake Champlain at Burlington. The route passed between Chesters older North and South villages, and Chester Depot village emerged. Fire destroyed the first station in 1871, and the lessee Vermont Central RR built this one that year. By the 1890s, several industrial and commercial enterprises made Chester Depot one of the busiest stations on the Rutland RR. The State purchased the line in 1963, leasing it in part to the Green Mountain RR. Exceptional in Vermont, this brick station retains its high-style Italianate design and continues in railroad use.
The first public train arrived here on July 18, 1849, and in December, the Rutland & Burlington Railroad opened the first rail line across Vermont linking the Connecticut River valley at Bellows Falls and Lake Champlain at Burlington. The route passed between Chesters older North and South villages, and Chester Depot village emerged. Fire destroyed the first station in 1871, and the lessee Vermont Central RR built this one that year. By the 1890s, several industrial and commercial enterprises made Chester Depot one of the busiest stations on the Rutland RR. The State purchased the line in 1963, leasing it in part to the Green Mountain RR. Exceptional in Vermont, this brick station retains its high-style Italianate design and continues in railroad use.
Erected 2015 by Vermont Division for Historic Preservation.
Location. 43° 16.072′ N, 72° 35.388′ W. Marker is in Chester, Vermont, in Windsor County. It is in Chester Depot. It is on Vermont Route 103, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chester VT 05143, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Vermont’s Connecticut River Valley and in the Green Mountains. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.
Photographed by Dennis Gilkenson, February 1, 2017
2. Chester Depot Station
Photographed by Dennis Gilkenson, February 1, 2017
3. Chester Depot
Credits. This page was last revised on February 16, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 3, 2017, by Dennis Gilkenson of Saxtons River, Vermont. This page has been viewed 1,248 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on February 3, 2017, by Dennis Gilkenson of Saxtons River, Vermont. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
