It is a one-story frame building and was constructed in 1906 in a style similar to many of the era.

Alma was the first stop of a logging railroad which had been constructed in 1887.

When a turpentine company was started about 1899, Alma got its name and a post office.

For the first few decades of the town's existence, Alma saw growth along the railroad and around the depot.

[3] At its peak from 1906 until the 1920s, as many as six passenger trains per day stopped at the depot.