NEB&W Guide to North Bennington, VT - the Town Garage

Last Update: 2009-09-10

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• No. 620 Main Street, just across the track from the depot, was the town garage but earlier, it was a hotel.
  • [Insurance map. No. 620 is depicted in yellow.]
  • [The original hotel c. 1915.]
  • [Another view.]
  • [Town Garage, trackside c. 1950. Howard Townsley photo courtesy Bob Nimke.]
  • [Prototype color view c. 1960's. This is likely the earliest color photo we will get of the town garage, and it is white with green trim.]
  • [Photo courtesy Art Tonjes probably 1960's. By this time, the building had been repainted in a beige scheme.]
  • [Another photo courtesy Art Tonjes, again probably '60's.]
  • [Trackside. Back in steam days, the clapboard panels were plate glass.]
  • [Another view. There are lines scribed on this print to aid making a plan.]
  • [Rear view c. 1950. And note the number of stately elms.]
  • [Rear view c. 1981. There are also lines scribed on this print. And it has been altered since the above photo.]
  • [Our unfinished model c. 2004.]
  • [Close-up of the model c. 2006.]

See our Layout Guide for North Bennington.

Also see The Fund for North Bennington, Inc. - Information about past and present North Bennington.

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