By Julia Purdy, Mountain Times; August 5, 2020
A proposal to expand Depot Park and create an Amtrak “gateway” to make downtown Rutland more welcoming is sure to strike a note of nostalgia among old-time Rutlanders for the large passenger depot that graced the site now occupied by the downtown plaza parking lot.
The old Rutland passenger depot appears in historic photos as having an imposing two-story, 6-bay façade featuring arched windows and bracketed eaves. Trains entered through archways on the south side into a train shed that contained the platform. Deep overhangs sheltered outside seating.