Initially known as the Douglas Park branch, construction began in June 1893 and the line was inaugurated on April 28, 1896, between Marshfield Avenue and 18th Street.

[3] On June 29, 1900, the City of Chicago approved an extension of the branch to Pulaski (then 40th Avenue) and construction took place in mid-June 1901.

The station was a few meters from the Hawthorne plant of the Western Electric which was one of the largest employers in the area of Chicago at the time.

The final stretch on the branch was to Oak Park Avenue, in Berwyn, which opened on March 16, 1924.

[5] On December 9, 1951, during the establishment of skip/stop A/B, the Chicago Transit Authority l, which had taken over operation of the "L" system in 1947, streamlined service on the line and shut down five stations: 14th Place, Homan, Drake, Lawndale and Kenton, while opening a station at Central Park.

On September 10, 2001, the CTA began a $363 million renovation project of the branch which was completed on January 8, 2005.

[9] The CTA ended Blue Line service on the Douglas branch on April 25, 2008.