Architect E. M. Tucker of St. Louis designed the building, keeping the 1907 Renaissance Revival-style characteristics and changing the roof from gabled to flat.

The structure used existing foundations, some exterior walls and the clock tower of the previous station, which had survived the fire.

The basement (track level) held extensive mail and Railway Express Agency facilities, a baggage room, and a small dining car commissary.

Trains went westbound to Dallas, Ft. Worth and El Paso; San Antonio and Galveston via Houston.

The remaining umbrella sheds and midway were dismantled in October 1973, less than six months before Amtrak began a new passenger route through Little Rock.