The Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway eventually acquired the Central Railroad.

The one-story, brick structure follows a square plan with a round corner tower at the junction of the two tracks.

The tower provided the station agent with a clear view in all directions.

[3] In the trains' final year there, the route was shortened to Chicago to Council Bluffs.

[1] This article about a property in Poweshiek County, Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.