Built in 1887, it was a small 1+1⁄2-story wooden structure with a pointed roof.

[3][4] It was immediately leased by the Old Colony Railroad, which controlled all rail lines on Cape Cod, as its Chatham Branch.

[5][6] The Old Colony was leased by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in 1893.

[5][7] Freight service on the line continued until it was abandoned in 1937, though Harwich Center station was no longer in use by 1937.

[8][9] The stations were sold to private individuals; all but Chatham were eventually demolished.