It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 as Lenox Railroad Station.

The railroad tracks run between the station and Woods Pond, a wide bulge in the Housatonic River.

The station itself is 1+1⁄2 stories in height, with attached covered passenger shelters extending along the platform to the north and south.

In peak mid-20th century years of passenger service, the Berkshire, Housatonic, Litchfield, Mahaiwe, Mahkeenac, Taconic, Umpachanee, and unnamed trains on the New Haven's Berkshire Division made stops at the station on trips between New York City and Pittsfield.

[5][6][7] The last summer of passenger service was 1970, prior to Amtrak's assuming the Penn Central's operation of intercity trains on May 1, 1971.