The station's establishment marked the beginning of the town as the Mayfield Cutoff was built through the area in 1907.
[1] Initially, Southern Pacific steam trains stopped at the two boxcars which made up the station.
Additionally, the station was a stop along the interurban Peninsular Railway starting in 1909.
[1][2] Peninsular interurban cars ceased running in 1935 and commuter service ended entirely in January 1964.
It was restored by the San Diego Federal Savings and Loan Association in 1973, with a boxcar and a parlor car placed in static installation to flank the building.