From collection Jake Gillison Collection
LB2016.15.581
Men and women walking toward the Western Depot on Exchange Street, Bangor, Maine. The European and North American Railroad station on Exchange Street, also known as the Western Depot, began as the French Block, a building subdivided for a variety of businesses. George W. Orff was engaged to drastically remodel the building as a train station in 1872, adding waiting rooms, luggage rooms, ticket offices, and amenities. This new building burned in 1874, and Orff was likely engaged in its remodeling, which resulted in the building pictured: the mansard roof and covered platform were added at this time. When the E & N.A. dissolved, the station was bought by Maine Central, and later demolished and replaced with Union Station in 1906. https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/34506
