From Historical Rutland: an illustrated history of Rutland, Vermont, from the granting of the charter in 1761 to 1911 by Rev. F. E. Davison, Rutland, Vt.: P.H. Brehmer, 1911, page 35:
Seventh Day Adventists
The mission work of the Sevventh Day Adventists in Rutland began in 1885. May 22, 1888, a church was organized by Elder T. H. Purdon, eight persons signing the Church Covennant. For years regular weekly meetings were sustained for prayer and Bible study, although without the aid of ministerial help, except during brief and irregular intervals and nearly all this time in private houses, until in 1897, a site was secured on North Main Street and a [36] building erected. This was subsequently sold and the old bank building on Center Street, opposite the High School building, was purchased, remodeled and dedicated for religious worship. This society has no settled pastor.