The (Former) Maine Central Railroad Passenger Depot in Brooks, Maine is a well preserved example of a type of railroad building that was once common in Maine. Erected in 1892 by the Maine Central Railroad (MEC), the Queen Anne style depot is located alongside the tracks of the Belfast and Moosehead Railroad, the rail line that the MEC leased between 1870 and 1925. This rail line was first conceived of by the City of Belfast in 1836 as part of a movement to develop a new open water port for Quebec, but it was not built until 1870, at which time it became the MEC?s Belfast Branch linking central Maine with the coast between Bath and Bucksport. The management of the railroad reverted back to the City of Belfast in 1925 and for seven more decades it continued to play an important role in the economic and cultural life of the town of Brooks and the greater Waldo County region. The one-story frame Depot has a distinctive hipped roof with bracketed overhanging soffits and decorative eaves, original windows with art glass sash, and a three-part siding scheme featuring clapboards, angled v-match boarding and patterned shingles. The building also retains most of its original interior plan (waiting room, Agent?s office and women?s toilet), interior finishes including built-in passenger seats in the waiting room, and an early 20th century three stage semaphore. The Passenger Depot handled ticketing and communications for the Brooks Station, which until the mid-20th century also contained a freight depot and section house. After 1960 when passenger service ended on the line the Depot was used by the Station Agent for freight alone. This property achieves significance under Criterion A, as a transportation facility associated with railroad related developments in the region for over 100 years. It also achieves significance under Criterion C, as a property that embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type and period of construction, specifically that of a Maine Central Railroad passenger depot.