[2] It is also known as the Old Union Depot when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1987.

It was built as a Union Pacific Railroad Depot in 1888 by James A. McGonigle, to a design by the Chicago architecture firm Cobb and Frost.

Greenamyre and Family sold the building to the city of Leavenworth.

The facility's brick and sandstone exterior began renovations in 2014.

The city of Leavenworth received a grant from the Kansas State Department of Transportation in 2010 to replace the sandstone[5] The Leavenworth Parks and Recreation Department staffs this facility and manages maintenance, room rentals and activity programs.