[1] Inaugurated on August 11, 1872,[2][3] the station was listed as a historical and cultural heritage site in 1982 by the city of Campinas.

[4] Built with bricks imported from England, it preserves to this day an architecture reminiscent of the Victorian Era.

[5] The railway station was a departure point for Constitutionalist soldiers heading to the battlefields in the Revolution of 1932.

[5] In the same year, due to the future deactivation of the Federal Railway Network (RFFSA), Mayor Antônio da Costa Santos, with the authorization of the Federal government, transformed the space into a cultural center, administered by the City Hall.

17,402, published in the Government gazette of the municipality on September 12, naming the cultural complex Estação Cultura Prefeito Antônio da Costa Santos.