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May 20, 2009

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Service Building in Rutland, VT

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Last week, I was on vacation in Vermont where I visited the town of Rutland, VT. Rutland is a what most would consider a town, but in such a rural area of Vermont, it stands out like a small city.

Rutland’s architecture is absolutely stunning for its location and size .  I took dozens of photos of the town’s mid 1920s and 1930s architecture on just the two or three streets I walked down.

Of all of the buildings, one rose above all others: a seven story art deco gem topped with a golden pyramid spire and clock face. This building, know as the Service Building was completed in 1930.

For those who may be interested in scratch building this structure, the red-framed, arched storefronts to the left and right of the main front entrance are 14 feet wide each. That may help estimate other measurements.

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— Co-founder of N Scale Limited, Frank has been building models since childhood and modeling in N scale since 2oo3. He is the former author of the blog, N Scale Modeling. Frank has a passion for big city modeling, the 1940s and the Pennsylvania Railroad.
  • http://www.appalachiansouthern.com Hutch

    Frank,

    Is anyone currently working on AutoCad elevations for this building? I am considering maybe giving it a shot unless someone else is doing it.

  • Frank Giacobbe

    Hutch,

    As a matter of fact, I have an AutoCAD front elevation about 90% completed, but with all of the things I have going on, it may take me a while to complete them.

  • http://www.appalachiansouthern.com Hutch

    That is great. I would like to attempt a build of this project at some point. Such a beautiful building.

  • http://www.rutlandtown.com joe zingale

    You were in Rutland City. The Town of Rutland surrounds the City of Rutland.
    regards

  • Frank Giacobbe

    Thanks for the info, Joe — my mistake. I didn’t realize there was a town and city designation.

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