Built in 1899, it served as the town's principal rail station on the North Adams Branch of the Boston and Albany Railroad until the mid-20th century.

The surviving buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as the Pittsfield & North Adams Passenger Station and Baggage & Express House.

The two buildings are oriented with respect to the former railroad right of way (now the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail), which runs at an angle to Pleasant Street.

The passenger station is a single-story brick building with a shallow hip roof with very deep eaves that are supported by large brackets.

The baggage house is a more utilitarian wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior.